Iran likely to receive upgraded missile system from Russia
Russia working to upgrade S-300 surface-to-air missile defence system
Web Desk
July 31, 2015, 4:31 pm
MOSCOW – Russia is working to upgrade S-300 surface-to-air missile defence system it plans to deliver to Iran, said Vladimir Kozhin, Russia’s presidential aide on military and technical cooperation.
Press TV quoted the aide as saying that the Russian-built S-300 air defense system was to be modernised before being delivered to Iran, given the fact the original contract was struck a long-time ago. Last month, Yan Novikov, the chief executive of Russian state arms producer, Almaz-Antey, confirmed the removal of all restrictions on S-300 deliveries to Iran.
“All restrictions have been lifted by the political authorities. When there is a contract, we will supply the system, including to Iran,” Novikov said. On April 13, President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree paving the way for the long-overdue delivery of the missile defence system to Iran.
The decision to deliver the missile system came after Iran and the US, France, Britain, China and Russia plus Germany reached a mutual understanding on Iran’s nuclear programme in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2. Russia had banned the delivery of the S-300 system to Iran in 2010 under the pretext that the agreement it signed with Iran in 2007 was covered by the fourth round of the UN Security Council sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear programme.
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