Half price????????? More like free, obama gave them pallets full of cash and gold for this purchase. Boeing is pals with regime, both obama and iran. Boeing got a sweet deal in Russia via Sos madam pickles.
Look beyond the obvious. Iran has imprisoned even more American/Iranians. This is the beginning of the new ransom requests and their first test of Trump. It will end very badly for them.
I’ll bet Obama strong armed Boeing into offering the price reduction.