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Russia has confirmed that it will not deliver advanced air-defence missiles to Iran in the face of strong opposition from the US and Israel – demonstrating that Moscow is willing fully to support international pressure on the Islamic regime.

General Nikolai Makarov, the armed forces chief of staff, told Russian media today that delivery of the S-300 high-precision weapons system would violate the UN sanctions imposed on Iran because of concerns about its nuclear programme. Iran says the programme is peaceful.

"A decision was taken not to supply S-300s to Iran," Makarov was quoted as saying by the state-run RIA. "They definitely fall under sanctions. There has been an instruction from the leadership to stop the shipment, and we are obeying it."

Until now, Russian officials had given conflicting signals about whether the fourth round of sanctions, agreed by the UN security council in June, would cover all weapons sales.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/se ... e-missiles

In the meantime the Russians have sold supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria in exchange for a naval base on the Mediterranean. - a weapon which the US Navy has no answer to, and ideally suited to an attack on carrier groups in the Persian Gulf. If Syria doesn't pass a few on to Iran and Lebanon it will be a surprise.

All the arm dealers don't give shit about sanctions............They care about money. Iran will get their need, if they can afford.

lol saddam hussein use to buy his anti-aircraft missiles from Russia. When the US was about to invade Iraq they bought the information of the missiles and adjusted their attack to it, they knew how far it could reach. Never buy one, but manufacture your own