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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Iranian Commander: T90 Tank Deal with Russia Is Off (to manufacture in Iran)

Iranian Commander: T90 Tank Deal with Russia Is Off
Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:4
http://en.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13941113001057

TEHRAN (FNA)- Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan
said Iran is no longer interested in buying T90 battle tanks from Russia,
and plans to supply its armored needs through domestic production.

"We were once interested in buying the Russian tanks. But since we can
manufacture similar models within the country and we plan to do so in the
near future, the deal is now off," Pourdastan said on Tuesday.

According to him, Iran has enough capacity and techological know-how to
produce new generation battle tanks and advanced military hardware, so it
makes no sense to purchase them from elsewhere.

Pourdastan had said back in December the country was planning to purchase
advanced T90 tanks from Russia.

"We have presented the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces with a
proposal to buy T90 tanks from Russia," Pourdastan told reporters in the
Northeastern city of Mashhad at the time.

"We are trying to develop the needed defensive capacities and capabilities
in ourselves proper to the atmosphere of threats (posed to Iran)," he
stressed.

The T-90 is a Russian third-generation main battle tank that is essentially
a modernisation of the T-72B, incorporating many features of the T-80U (it
was originally to be called the T-72BU, later renamed to T-90). It is
currently the most modern tank in service with the Russian Ground Forces and
Naval Infantry.

Some of the T-90 tanks were deployed in Northern Syria last week in the war
on terrorist groups.

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