The Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran on January 20 in Tehran have concluded an intergovernmental agreement on military cooperation. Document was signed by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Army General and Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Brigadier General Hossein Iran Dehkan.
The interaction will include:
The parties agreed to cooperate in the fight against the intervention of outside forces in the region. During the meeting Dehkan noted that “the situation in the region and in the world requires a strong and powerful Russia, Iran to jointly promote the strengthening of international security and regional stability».
Delivers whether Russian weapons to Iran?
No, it does not deliver. In 2010, the Russian Federation joined the fourth sanctions resolution in the UN Security Council against Iran. According to the document, the Islamic Republic will not export:
- battle tanks;
- armored vehicles;
- large-caliber artillery systems;
- military aircraft;
- military helicopters;
- warships;
- missiles and missile systems.
How to develop military-technical cooperation between Russia and Iran before 2010?
In the framework of military-technical cooperation between Russia and Iran formed intergovernmental agreements signed by Moscow and Tehran in 1989-1991.
During the period from 1990 to 2000, Russia supplied Iran with weapons worth about $ 4 billion:
At the end of the 2000-2007 Iran ranked third among the largest recipients of Russian arms, the overall shipments totaled $ 1.96 billion (5.4%) of the total volume of Russia’s arms exports. For Iran, the Russian Federation has become a major supplier of arms (about 85% of the total imports of military respuboiki).
During this period, Iran exported:
What Iran sued Russia?
In 2005, Moscow and Tehran concluded a contract for the supply of five anti-aircraft missile system of medium-range S-300 PMU-1 for more than $ 800 million. Implementation of commitments in 2010 was interrupted by the Russian side in connection with the accession to the anti-Iran sanctions resolution of the UN.
In April 2011, Iran sued OSCE lawsuit against OAO “Rosoboronexport” in the amount of $ 900 million. Moscow has offered to put in place to Tehran S-300 air defense systems “Tor-M1E”, but it did not suit Tehran .
July 18, 2014 Iranian Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said that Tehran believes the contract is still valid, and hopes to receive from the Russian S-300 or a more modern system.
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