TEHRAN (Web Desk) – Moscow and Tehran have reached an agreement over delivery of the S-300 long range surface-to-air missile systems.
It’s a done deal, with some technical issues only left to be clarified, deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov told RIA Novosti.
“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,” Bogdanov, who is also a special presidential representative for the Middle East and Africa, stated on Wednesday.
Russia will supply Iran with the S-300 system later this year. A high-ranking source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told RIA Novosti that the exact number of missile systems has been written down in an already agreed contract.
“There will be as many as mentioned in the contract,” he added, responding to the question whether Russia will really supply Iran with four S-300 divisions instead of three, as the Sputnik agency previously reported, citing a source in the Iranian Ministry of Defense.
Courtesy: RT
