A senior Russian official said Wednesday the delivery of S-300 air defence missiles to Iran has been delayed for technical reasons, Interfax news agency reported.
Russia will deliver the surface-to-air missiles to Iran after the technical flaws uncovered have been fixed, the Interfax quoted Alexander Fomin, deputy head of Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, as saying, Xinhua reported.
"The delay is due to technical problems. The systems will be delivered when there problems have been resolved," Fomin said without giving details on what kind of technical problems are involved or how long it will take to fix them.
Russia says missile delivery to Iran delayed for technical reasons
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