Iran said A380 planes have little chance to be purchased as per a major agreement which officials in Tehran have already said will be finalized with France's aviation giant Airbus soon.
A380s — the world's biggest commercial airline — have not sold well in global markets and Airbus could even stop its production in the near future.
The official noted that Iran is not expected to pursue the purchase of A380s, adding the country would instead seek other alternatives such as A320 and A330.
In January, Iran signed a major contract with Airbus worth about $27 billion to buy 118 planes. The planes on Iran's order list varied from popular A320 single-aisle jets to the A380 jumbo jets and A330 long-haul planes.
Nevertheless, Farhad Parvaresh, managing director of Iran Air, announced in February that A380s may be removed from the list "if the conditions for their delivery are not met".
Parvaresh added that Iran might instead choose to buy A350s which he said "are even more advanced".
On Tuesday, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control — an arm of the Treasury Department — granted the license to Airbus to sell 106 planes to Iran over the next years in a deal whose value could be above $20 billion.
Airbus required US authorization to export planes to Iran because at least 10 percent of the aircraft's parts are made in the US.
