Russia sells missiles to Iran

RUSSIA has struck a deal to sell short-range, surface-to-air missiles to Iran, the defence minister said yesterday, confirming reports that have raised concern in the United States and Israel.

Russia sells missiles to Iran

Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov didn’t give details, but Russian media have said that Moscow agreed in November to sell $1 billion worth of weapons to Iran, including up to 30 Tor-M1 missile systems over the next two years.

“A contract for the delivery of air defence Tor missiles to Iran has indeed been signed,” Ivanov was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. “This unequivocally will not change the balance of forces in the region,” Ivanov added.

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