25 Apr 2024
Saturday 21 May 2016 - 12:28
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Iran withdraws lawsuit against Russia over S-300 delivery

Iran has withdrawn its lawsuit against Russia on the delivery of S-300 air defense systems, and the issue is fully resolved, the deputy head of Russia's Rostec corporation said Friday.

SOCHI (Sputnik) Russia and Iran initially signed an S-300 delivery deal in2007, butits implementation was halted byMoscow due toUN Security Council sanctions againstTehran. In response, the Islamic Republic filed a lawsuit againstRussia forfailing todeliver the air defense systems.

"This issue is closed, the lawsuit has been withdrawn," Nikolay Volobuev told RIA Novosti.
"I know that this matter has been settled and we have agreed that we will deliver everything," he added.




[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="599"]The S-300-P surface-to-air missile system The S-300-P surface-to-air missile system[/caption]

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