TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran�s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said there is no �serious obstacle� in the way to transfer Russia�s S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, adding that Moscow is determined to carry out its military deals with Tehran.





Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with former Italian Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, Velayati pointed to his talks with the Russian defense minister in Moscow two weeks ago, saying, �Russia is resolved to implement the agreements that it has signed with Iran, including the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system�.�

�Therefore, I see no serious obstacle in the way to transfer defense equipment from Russia to Iran,� he added.

Under the previous contract signed in 2007, Russia was required to provide Iran with at least five S-300 defense system batteries.

But the contract, worth more than $800 million, was revoked after then-President Dmitry Medvedev banned the supply of those systems to Tehran in 2010.

Later, Iran lodged a $4 billion lawsuit at an international court in Geneva against Russia�s arms export agency.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin decided in April to lift the ban on the S-300 missile system delivery to Iran.

By Tasnim News Agency