Russia is about to deliver the first batch of S-300 "fire dragons" to Iran

Russia will begin delivering the first batch of its advanced S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency reported, citing a senior Russian diplomat.

Russia will deliver the first S-300 system to Iran in the coming days.

“I don’t know if it will happen today, but they (S-300 missiles) will be delivered (to Iran),” the news agency quoted Zamir Kabulov, an official at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

In 2007, Russia and Iran signed an $800 million deal in which Moscow agreed to sell five S-300 missile systems to Iran. However, the contract was suspended in 2010 under a UN Security Council resolution.

In February this year, TASS news agency quoted a source saying that Iran was also looking to buy the Russian-made S-400 Triumph air-to-air missile system.

In addition, the country also wants to purchase Sukhoi Su-30SM (Flanker-C) multi-role fighter jets, along with other military equipment such as Bastion (SSC-5 Stooge) coastal defense missile systems, Yakovlev Yak-130 (Mitten) training aircraft, Mi-8/17 (Hip) armed helicopters, and diesel-electric destroyers and attack submarines.

In March, Sergei Chemezov, head of the Russian defense corporation Rostec, told RIA news site that the first delivery of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran would take place in August or September this year.

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