S-300 (Image: Wiki Commons) |
by Carlo Munoz
The first tranche of Russian-built S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems are en route to the Iranian military, according to senior officials in Tehran.
The weapons transited to Iran via the Caspian Sea arriving this week, the country's Foreign Ministry spokesman Jaberi Ansari said Monday.
"We had already announced that despite several times of change in time of delivery, the deal is on its path of implementation and today I should announce that the first phase of the agreement is implemented and the process will continue," he said according to state-run Mehr News Agency.
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