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Saturday, August 20, 2016
S-300 Iran delivery to be completed in a month: Defense chief

S-300 Iran delivery to be completed in a month: Defense chief
PRESSTV (Iran) Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:41AM
http://presstv.com/Detail/2016/08/20/480857/Iran-Russia-S300-Dehqan-US-Israel-Syria


Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan says Iran will fully receive the remaining
consignment of the Russian S-300 missile defense system in a month.

"We have completely taken delivery of the S-300 missile system. The main
part of the system has been transferred to Iran, and the remaining part is
being loaded for transfer which will be completed in a month,” he told
reporters on Saturday.

Dehqan said the country will decide on where to station the system in
accordance with threats posed against the country’s “sensitive points.”

Russia undertook to deliver the systems — which are used to intercept
tactical and ballistic aircraft and projectiles — to Iran under a
$800-million deal in 2007 but refused to deliver on the commitment, citing
UN sanctions against Iran.

Following Moscow’s refusal to deliver the systems, Iran filed a complaint
against the relevant Russian arms manufacturer with the International Court
of Arbitration in Geneva. In April 2015, President Vladimir Putin lifted the
Russian self-imposed ban on the delivery of the S-300 and Moscow
subsequently signed a new contract to supply Iran with the systems by the
end of that year. Tehran recently dropped the case at the arbitration court.

The Iranian defense chief further said the country had refused a Russian
proposal for the procurement of the Russian S-400 air defense system.

Russo-Iranian defense coop.

Over the past three years, the Iranian defense minister has held five
meetings with his Russian opposite number, Sergei Shoigu.

Addressing bilateral defense cooperation, Dehqan said the collaboration was
aimed at “fighting instability and insecurity, the establishment of peace
and security, and the eradication of terrorism in the region.”

“We will keep up the cooperation until the attainment of the intended
goals,” Dehqan said in his Saturday remarks.

The Iranian defense minister also referred to Russian aircraft’s current use
of the Nojeh airbase near the western Iranian city of Hamedan, which Moscow
started recently for logistical purposes aimed at enhancing its operations
over Syria.

The aircraft use the base for stopover, meaning that they are not “deployed”
at the outpost, Dehqan said, adding that the airbase is being used to help
Russian warplanes target terrorist gatherings and equipment at Syria’s
request.


Elsewhere in his remarks, he said that Iran’s and Russia’s definition of the
terrorists operating in Syria differs from that of the West. “The West is of
the opinion that only Daesh should be confronted in Syria as a terror group,
but we believe that all those groups that operate to cause instability in
the [Arab] country are terrorist and should be confronted.”

Dehqan also said that Iran planned to sign cooperation agreements with
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and China, whose defense minister would be
visiting Tehran in the coming month.

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