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Iran smarting over failed Russian missile deal, may turn to China
Iran's defence minister, Ahmed Vahidi, launched a mild verbal assault on Russia today over the countries decision to annul an $800m contract for the delivery of S-300 missile launchers to Iran.
The announcement which came last week, cited a presidential decree from President Medvedev which was aimed at enacting UN resolution 1929 which prohibits Russia from supplying such weapons to the 'rogue' nation with nuclear ambitions.
Vahidi told Iranian 'Press TV' that Russia reneged on the agreement even though the delivery date had been agreed for a period some two years prior to the UN resolution coming into force in June 2010. Vahidi's language was tempered, leaving the stronger criticism to more junior colleagues in the Iranian government.
According to the Fars News Agency a senior Iranian legislator commented on the matter calling for legal action to be taken against Russia. "The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should pursue the case with Russia's lack of commitment to the delivery of the system," Kazzem Jalali, rapporteur of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said.
In reality, it is not expected that anything will come from this rhetoric, any legal action would be unlikely to gain any support and would further strain Iran's relations with Russia, whom it relies on for strategic support in hydrocarbon production among other areas. It has been suggested that Iran may now turn to China in search of military hardware.
Iran smarting over failed Russian missile deal, may turn to China
Iran's defence minister, Ahmed Vahidi, launched a mild verbal assault on Russia today over the countries decision to annul an $800m contract for the delivery of S-300 missile launchers to Iran.
The announcement which came last week, cited a presidential decree from President Medvedev which was aimed at enacting UN resolution 1929 which prohibits Russia from supplying such weapons to the 'rogue' nation with nuclear ambitions.
Vahidi told Iranian 'Press TV' that Russia reneged on the agreement even though the delivery date had been agreed for a period some two years prior to the UN resolution coming into force in June 2010. Vahidi's language was tempered, leaving the stronger criticism to more junior colleagues in the Iranian government.
According to the Fars News Agency a senior Iranian legislator commented on the matter calling for legal action to be taken against Russia. "The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should pursue the case with Russia's lack of commitment to the delivery of the system," Kazzem Jalali, rapporteur of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said.
In reality, it is not expected that anything will come from this rhetoric, any legal action would be unlikely to gain any support and would further strain Iran's relations with Russia, whom it relies on for strategic support in hydrocarbon production among other areas. It has been suggested that Iran may now turn to China in search of military hardware.
Iran smarting over failed Russian missile deal, may turn to China
