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Wednesday 17 February 2016 - 15:09
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Safe skies: Russia to send first S-300 air defense system to Iran Thursday

Russian will hand over the first S-300 air defense system to Iran on Thursday, February 18.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan will participate in a ceremony dedicated to the first delivery of the Russian S-300 air defense system to Iran via the Caspian Sea on February 18, a source told Sputnik Persian on Wednesday.

Dehghan is currently in Russia and will travel to Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea for the closed ceremony.

Hossein Dehghan will participate in the ceremony of delivering the S-300 in Astrakhan on Thursday, the source said.

In 2007, Moscow and Tehran signed an $800-million deal forthe delivery offive S-300 missile systems toIran. In 2010, Russia suspended the contract, citing a UN Security Council resolution that placed an arms embargo onTehran untilit proved the peaceful nature ofits nuclear project. Tehran filed a lawsuit againstMoscow overthe incident.

In April, Moscow repealed the S-300 delivery ban, afterIran and six global powers, including Russia,reached a framework nuclear agreementtoremove the anti-Tehran sanctions inexchange forguarantees ofthe peaceful nature ofits nuclear activities.

By Sputnik News
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