Iran to receive Russian missiles by end of 2015: minister

Iran to receive Russian missiles by end of 2015: minister

Iran to receive Russian missiles by end of 2015: minister

Iran will receive the bulk of the S-300 air
defence missile systems it ordered from
Russia by the end of the year, Tehran’s
defence minister has said.
“We signed a contract with Russia. It is
being done. We will acquire a large
portion of the systems by the end of this
year,” Hossein Dehghan told state
television late Tuesday.
He said Iranian troops were being
trained in Russia to operate the surface-
to-air missile systems.
This week, the state-run Russian
Technologies corporation (Rostec)
announced the signing of a delivery
contract in Tehran for S-300 missiles.
Moscow in April lifted a ban dating from
2010 on selling the missile systems to
Iran, ahead of Tehran sealing a final
historic deal with world powers in July
to curb its nuclear programme.
The decision sparked condemnation
from Israel and concern from
Washington, as it came before the lifting
of the sanctions by the UN Security
Council.
Russia will provide Iran with a
“modernised and updated” version of
the missile systems, following up on an
initial contract signed in 2007, Rostec
Director General Sergey Chemezov said
in a statement.