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Russia to honour Iran S-300 deal

AFP/Moscow

Russia plans to honour a deal to deliver an advanced surface-to-air missile system to Iran, a senior Russian official said yesterday according to Interfax news agency.
Vladimir Nazarov, deputy secretary of the Russian security council, said there was no reason not to send Iran the S-300 missile system, in comments reported by the agency.
“A contract was signed which we must fulfill, but deliveries have not started yet. This transaction is not subject to any international sanctions as it only involves the delivery of purely defensive weapons,” Nazarov said.
“On the other hand, all of our actions must contribute to global and regional stability, respecting the law and international agreements,” he said.
Russia has given vague details on progress in the contract and angry Iranian officials blame the delay on growing pressure from the United States and Iran’s arch-foe Israel.
Last week Tehran boasted it was creating its own air defence missile system which would be better than the S-300. However it also threatened legal action in November if Moscow failed to honour the 800 million dollar deal, which involves five batteries of S-300PMU1 missiles.
The S-300PMU1 -- codenamed the SA-20 Gargoyle by NATO -- is a mobile system designed to shoot down aircraft and cruise missiles.
Western governments fear Iran could use the system to boost defences around its nuclear sites against any Israeli or US air strike.
Neither country has ruled out using a military strike on Tehran’s nuclear sites to prevent the Islamic republic acquiring an atomic bomb. Iran insists its uranium enrichment project is purely for peaceful purposes.
On Wednesday, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said new sanctions on Iran were more likely following Tehran’s announcement it had started work to produce 20 percent enriched uranium.
But Nazarov said Sunday care must be taken to avoid sanctions leading to “undesirable consequences”. “If we are talking about sanctions, we must not back Iran into a corner,” he said.
Sanctions “must be adequate for the threat posed by the Iranian nuclear programme, but they must not punish the Iranian people,” Nazarov said.

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Iran already has these they just want to draw in 100 israeli fighters so we can see them all fall out from sky like mosquitos;)
 
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every couple of weeks i hear that..

And yet there you are strongly making the case for purchasing advanced foreign hardware in other threads! But you don't answer the question of where Iran can buy them from!

I hope you understand what I've been trying to tell you brother.
 
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This is pure politic. Iran is a nation with TRILLION dollars worth of natural resources that they can easily trade for as many S-300, Su30as the Russian can manufacture, not the usual myth that Iran can't afford to buy them
 
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