The chairman of the Iranian parliamentary committee on foreign policy and national security confirmed Wednesday that Iran had received S-300 air defense systems from Russia.





MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� On Saturday, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said that Tehran was expecting Moscow to�fulfill its commitments on�the rest of�deliveries of�S-300 air defense systems within�September, adding that the main part of�the batch had arrived in�Iran.
"Cooperation between�Russia and Iran continues, our armed forces continue acquiring Mi-17 helicopters from�Russia. We have also received S-300s from�Russia," Alaeddin Boroujerdi said.


The $800-million Moscow-Tehran contract to�deliver Russian-made S-300 air defense systems to�Iran was signed in�2007. In 2011, Iran sued Russia in�the Geneva Arbitration Court after�Moscow suspended the contract in�2010, citing a UN Security Council resolution that placed an arms embargo on�Tehran.


Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted the S-300 delivery ban in�April 2015, shortly after�the P5+1 group of�international negotiators and Iranreached a framework nuclear agreement to�remove all economic sanctions against�Tehran in�exchange for�its pledge to�ensure that all nuclear research in�the country will be for�peaceful purposes.

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