Russia, Iran said to agree on S-300 delivery

19 August 2015, 2:27 pm

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Russia reaches an agreement with Iran on the delivery of the S-300 missile system to the Islamic Republic, Russia Today reports.

“As things stand now, this topic is closed. We have reached full understanding on the matter together with our Iranian partners. The question has been fundamentally solved. The rest is just technical details,” says Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.

According to the report, the air defense missile system, which Israel fears will protect Iran from a military strike on its nuclear facilities, will be delivered at the end of the year.

Bogdanov would not specify how many would be sent to Iran, saying only: “There will be as many as mentioned in the contract.”