Teheran : It is beginning to look like Russia will go ahead with the sale of
advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile batteries to Iran. The transfer
will make it even more difficult to strike Iran’s uranium enrichment
sites. Yesterday, Russian media quoted the press-secretary of Iran’s
Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that
the negotiations between Russian and Iranian officials and experts are
proceeding “in a way that will ensure” that Tehran gets the missile
system.
Former President Dmitri Medvedev annulled the original $800 million sale of
five S-300 missiles after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions on
Iran in 2010. Recent reports have indicated that Russia may supply Iran
with the more modern Antey-2500 systems, which are said to be more
advanced than the originals, with a target range almost doubled from 150 kilometers [93 miles] to 250 kilometers [155 miles].
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