Earlier this month, a representative of the Federal
Service for Military-Technical Cooperation told TASS Russia had
completed the supplies of S-300 air defense systems to
Iran.
Russia has fulfilled all its obligations on the supplies of
S-300 missile systems to Tehran, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi
Sanaei said on Wednesday.
"The S-300 issue has been already closed, everything has been
supplied and delivered," Sanaei told reporters answering a question
if Russia has fully met its commitments under the deal.
Earlier this month, a representative of the Federal Service for
Military-Technical Cooperation told TASS Russia had completed the
supplies of S-300 air defense systems to Iran.
In late August, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said
Tehran expected the deliveries to be completed in a month.
The contract for the delivery of S-300 to Iran was signed in
2007 but was suspended in 2010. In the spring of 2015 Russian
President Vladimir Putin lifted the ban on S-300 supplies to Iran
and in November that year the contract came into force.
The S-300 is a series of Russian long range surface-to-air
missile systems produced by NPO Almaz, all based on the initial
S-300P version. The S-300 system 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 system was first deployed by the Soviet Union
in 1979, designed for the air defense of large industrial and
administrative facilities, military bases, and control of airspace
against enemy strike aircraft.