The implementation of the Russia-Iran agreement on the delivery of S-300 air defense systems goes according to plan, and Tehran hopes that all systems will be delivered by the end of the year, the country's Foreign Ministry told Sputnik on Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� On April 11, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia had made the first contracted delivery of�the S-300 systems as�scheduled.

"The deal is being implemented as�planned. We expect to�receive the remaining systems and hope for�the deal to�be fully implemented by�the end of�the year," ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said.
In 2007, Moscow and Tehran signed a $900-million deal for�the delivery of�five S-300 missile systems to�Iran. In 2010, Russia suspended the contract, citing a UN Security Council resolution that placed an arms embargo on�Tehran until�it proved the peaceful nature of�its nuclear project. Tehran filed a lawsuit against�Moscow over�the incident in�the International Court of�Arbitration.

In 2015, Moscow annulled the S-300 delivery ban, after�Iran and six world powers, including Russia, reached a framework nuclear deal to�lift the anti-Tehran sanctions in�exchange for�guarantees of�the peaceful nature of�its nuclear activities.



[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800"] � SPUTNIK/ The S-300-P surface-to-air missile system[/caption]



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