Russia said starting missile delivery to Iran

[bananas]

http://www.nucpros.com/?q=node/5593

Russia said starting missile delivery to Iran

Reuters

Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defence systems to Iran which could help repel any Israeli and U.S. air strikes on its nuclear sites, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

"After few years of talks with Russia ... now the S-300 system is being delivered to Iran," IRNA quoted Email Kosari, deputy head of parliament's Foreign Affairs and National Security committee, as saying.

Kosari did not say when the deliveries began. Iran's Foreign Ministry declined to comment on the report. Russia's Foreign Ministry also declined comment, saying it may react on Monday.

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In October, Russia's Foreign Ministry denied media speculation that Moscow would sell the medium-range S-300 system, adding Moscow had no intention of selling weapons to "troubled regions."

But Russia's RIA news agency last week quoted "confidential sources" as saying that Russia was fulfilling a S-300 contract with Iran.

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This is on the news section of the Professional Reactor Operator Society website,
it's about Russian missiles being deployed to protect Iranian nuclear energy facilities,
there is no question this is an appropriate topic for the E/E forum,
nuclear energy facilities are military targets because they can be used to make nuclear weapons.

[Vincardog]

1. Iran has every right to defend itself in the face of insane aggression

[oldnslo]

2. This is on Georgie and Dickhead, they did it.

Their unsurpassed effort to create global enemies is bearing fruit. Now our enemies are getting their heads together. Nice going, assholes.

[Hardrada]

3. Excellent move. Might stop the US-Israeli warhawks

from their sabre-rattling.