Iran nuclear crisis: Russia willing to sell advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Tehran
- 9 years ago
Russia has decided to lift a self-imposed ban on supplying advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Iran.
"We are convinced that at this stage the necessity of this embargo, especially voluntary, separate, no longer exists. I want to mark that anti-missile rocket complex S-300 is of entirely defensive nature, it is not designed to attack and will not threaten security of any region, including of course, Israel," Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday at a press conference in Moscow, according to Reuters.
"But for Iran, taking into account a very tense situation in the region surrounding it, modern anti-aircraft systems are of great importance, and proof of this is the rapid and very worrying recent developments around Yemen and the development of a military situation around this country," Lavrov said.
Russia's decision has drawn criticism from the United States and Israel, who fear that Iran could use the missiles to protect its nuclear facilities, and make it harder to prevent Iran from seeking to develop nuclear weapons, if negotiations on Iran's nuclear program fail.
The move comes after Iran and other world powers reached an agreement this month to curb Iran's nuclear program.
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"We are convinced that at this stage the necessity of this embargo, especially voluntary, separate, no longer exists. I want to mark that anti-missile rocket complex S-300 is of entirely defensive nature, it is not designed to attack and will not threaten security of any region, including of course, Israel," Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday at a press conference in Moscow, according to Reuters.
"But for Iran, taking into account a very tense situation in the region surrounding it, modern anti-aircraft systems are of great importance, and proof of this is the rapid and very worrying recent developments around Yemen and the development of a military situation around this country," Lavrov said.
Russia's decision has drawn criticism from the United States and Israel, who fear that Iran could use the missiles to protect its nuclear facilities, and make it harder to prevent Iran from seeking to develop nuclear weapons, if negotiations on Iran's nuclear program fail.
The move comes after Iran and other world powers reached an agreement this month to curb Iran's nuclear program.
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