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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Iran equipped with S-300, defense minister says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s army is now equipped with a Russian air defense system after a long and controversial delivery process, Defense Minister General Hossein Dehghan was quoted as saying Tuesday.
“I inform our people that… we are in possession of the strategic S-300 system” and that it “serves our air force’s counterattack command,” Dehghan said, according to ISNA news agency.
Parts of the system, including missile tubes and radar equipment, were displayed on April 17 during a military parade in southern Tehran.
The United States and Israel have criticized Russia for the sale of the S-300 system to the Islamic Republic.
— AFP
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