Russia says ‘issues’ must be settled before S-300 delivery to Iran

‘Russia has raised a number of “issues” obstructing the delivery of its S-300 surface-to-air missile (SAM) defense systems to Iran as agreed in 2007.

Russia’s Interfax news agency cited the country’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Wednesday as saying that Moscow will provide the air defense systems to the Islamic Republic upon “the adaptation” of the 2007 agreement to the current situation.

He said, “It is because of the adaptation of that agreement to the new reality that some negotiating process is taking place.”’

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