Russia has delivered the first part of an advanced missile defense system to Iran, Iranian media reported on Monday, starting to equip Tehran with technology that was blocked before it signed a deal with world powers on its nuclear program.
Russia will send the first S-300 air defense missile system to Iran on Thursday, Russia\’s RIA state news agency reported on Wednesday quoting an unidentified source.
Russia and Iran have signed a contract for Moscow to supply Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, Sergei Chemezov, the chief executive of Russian state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec, was quoted by the RIA news agency as saying on Monday.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2014, Israel resisted pressure to join the United States and its European allies in condemning the move — citing in particular its concern not to antagonize Russia for fear it could provide Syria with a powerful anti-aircraft missile called the S-300.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday expressed Israel\’s \”dismay\” to Russian President Vladimir Putin at Russia\’s decision to lift a self-imposed ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran.
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