Russia lifts ban on supplying S-300 missiles to Iran
15 April 2015 4:22 AM IST
President Vladimir Putin today lifted a ban on supplying Iran with sophisticated S-300 air defence missile systems, the Kremlin said, after Tehran struck a deal with the West over its nuclear programme.
A decree signed by Putin removes a ban on “the shipment from Russia to Iran” of the S-300 missiles, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Moscow blocked deliveries of the surface-to-air missiles to Tehran in 2010 after the United Nations slapped sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme barring hi-tech weapons sales.
Iran then filed a $4-billion suit against Moscow at an arbitration court in Geneva.
A decree signed by Putin removes a ban on “the shipment from Russia to Iran” of the S-300 missiles, the Kremlin said in a statement.
Moscow blocked deliveries of the surface-to-air missiles to Tehran in 2010 after the United Nations slapped sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme barring hi-tech weapons sales.
Iran then filed a $4-billion suit against Moscow at an arbitration court in Geneva.
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