TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) � Russia has agreed to an accord to sell S-300 missile system to implement a previous accord to equip Iranian defense system units.
Russian Open Joint Stock Company Rosoboronexport and Iran had signed a military accord back in 2007 on advanced S-300 missile system.�In accordance to the contract, this company is required to give five artilleries to Iran.
Three years later in 2010, Russia's then-president Dmitry Medvedev cancelled the contract because of UN sanctions and strong US and Israeli pressure over concerns about Tehran's nuclear program.
The S-300 is a series of initially Soviet and later Russian long range surface-to-air missile systems which was developed to defend against aircraft and cruise missiles for the Soviet Air Defense Forces. Subsequent variations were developed to intercept ballistic missiles.
The S-300 is regarded as one of the most potent anti-aircraft missile systems currently fielded. Its radars have the ability to simultaneously track up to 100 targets while engaging up to 12/24/36 targets. The S-300 deployment time is five minutes. The S-300 missiles are sealed rounds and require no maintenance over their lifetime.
Iran�s head of parliament�s Defense Committee Esmail Kosari had said �we had a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Russia and held talks over the delivery of a substitute system for S-300.�
Also Iran�s Air Defense Commander Farzad Esmaili recently said that a new generation of missiles would replace S-300.
This is Sayyad 3 missile which, according to Iran�s Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan, will be soon unveiled.
Later in December 2013 Iran�s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that �we still insist on the implementation of the previous agreements and considering the very good ties between Iran and Russia, we hope to resolve the problem in an acceptable way.�