Lawmaker Confirms Iran Received S-300 Air Defense Systems From Russia

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The chairman of the Iranian parliamentary committee on foreign policy and national security confirmed Wednesday that Iran had received S-300 air defense systems from Russia.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Saturday, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said that Tehran was expecting Moscow to fulfill its commitments on the rest of deliveries of S-300 air defense systems within September, adding that the main part of the batch had arrived in Iran.

"Cooperation between Russia and Iran continues, our armed forces continue acquiring Mi-17 helicopters from Russia. We have also received S-300s from Russia," Alaeddin Boroujerdi said.

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The $800-million Moscow-Tehran contract to deliver Russian-made S-300 air defense systems to Iran was signed in 2007. In 2011, Iran sued Russia in the Geneva Arbitration Court after Moscow suspended the contract in 2010, citing a UN Security Council resolution that placed an arms embargo on Tehran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted the S-300 delivery ban in April 2015, shortly after the P5+1 group of international negotiators and Iran reached a framework nuclear agreement to remove all economic sanctions against Tehran in exchange for its pledge to ensure that all nuclear research in the country will be for peaceful purposes.

 

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