Russia announced on November 9 that it has agreed to push on with a deal to deliver S-300 missile systems to Iran after Moscow halted an earlier agreement due to UN sanctions slapped on Tehran. (AFP)
Iran's ambassador to Russia said today that Moscow had started the procedure of supplying Tehran with S-300 anti-missile rocket system, according to the Tasnim news agency.
Russia and Iran signed a contract for Moscow to supply Tehran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems on November 9.
"Iran and Russia signed a new contract and the procedure of delivery of S-300 has started," Iran's Ambassador to Russian Mehdi Sanaei was quoted as saying by Tasnim.
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