Moscow strives to deliver Russia's S-300 air defense systems to Iran.





MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Moscow expends its best efforts to�perform a contract for�deliveries of�Russia's S-300 air defense systems to�Iran, the director of�the Federal Service for�Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said Monday.
"Everything depends on�both parties. We do our best to�fulfill the contract," Alexander Fomin told reporters.


He added that the deliveries of�the S-300 systems were ongoing, however, without�the specific number of�complexes, which had already been delivered to�Tehran.


At the same time, he denied reports about�a contract for�delivery of advanced S-400 air defense systems to�India.

The $900-million Moscow-Tehran contract to�deliver five Russian S-300 systems to�Iran was signed in�2007. It was suspended after�the imposition of�the UN Security Council sanctions on�Iran in�mid-2010.

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.

On April 27, Indian Minister of�State Rao Inderjit Singh said that India and Russia had already signed a deal for�the S-400s delivery.

By Sputnik