Russian President Vladimir Putin today signed a decree formally ending a multi-year ban on selling Iran certain advanced defensive missile systems, notably the S-300 long-range anti-aircraft system.
Iran and Russia had a deal on the delivery of S-300 systems which was cancelled in 2010, amid intense Western (particularly Israeli) pressure. Though Russia maintained that the S-300, as a defense system, was not effected by UN arms embargoes, they still canceled the sale at the time.
Iran has since then focused on trying to make its own variants on defense systems, though this has focused on copying medium-range systems styled after Russia’s PK37 Buk system.
Iran DM Hossein Dehghan cheered the end to the ban, saying it showed improving cooperation with Russia and could lead to improved regional stability.
Though Iran has some defensive systems at shorter range, the addition of a longer-range system like the S-300 would make an attack by a rival like Israel or Saudi Arabia much more difficult to carry out.
Good for iranias defensive system because sooner then later Iran will be hit by U.S. Made weapons and lots of it in hands of mad mans in Israel or Saudi Arabia if not by US warmongers. Obama just playing his manipulative game preparing the path for now, but wait until the next president take office.
Bill Clinton pave the way for NATO to expend its militarism into Eastern Europe by dissolving Yugoslavia, using the Saudis Sunni terrorism slaughtering people, in 2015 the very same politics is practiced by yet another "democratic" president using the very same wahabbis as Bush fascist regime used in Afghanistan, Iraq and in 2010 in Libya and Syria.
Such a reversal is expected, after the American Congress´ hostility to the agreed framework. Talk of overturning any treaty certainly undermines the efforts to bring stability to the region by bringing Iran back into the fold. With all the saber-rattling by immature and amateurish politicians Russia is hedging their bets. And while the article states that now an attack by Israel or Saudi Arabia is far tougher…I doubt these missiles can tell US planes from the rest.
USA expecting every one to be sanctioned. Even expects that those sanctioned, sanction
each other
A good move for Iran. I support the US-Iran nuclear talks, and peaceful diplomacy.
However, Iran has to watch its back against Zionist scum in occupied Palestine,
and their whores in the USG Congress on AIPAC's payroll.
Good For Russia and Iran. This should certainly cool the HOT HEADS in Israel and the warmongering Generals in the Pentagon who threaten Iran with the bunker buster bombs. Now, the bunker buster becomes busted, lol