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Russia to Proceed with Tor-M1 Sales to Iran

February 9, 2006 :: News

Russia will proceed with supplying Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran. In November, Moscow reached a $1 billion deal with Tehran, under which it would supply up to 30 systems to be used to defend Iran’s most important state and military facilities Isfahan, Bushehr, Tehran, and elsewhere. Despite international concern over Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Mikhail Dmitriev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, stated that “there is no reason not to fulfill this contract.” Dmitriev, however, categorically denied media reports that Russia was or is considering selling other weapons systems to Tehran, including S-300P surface-to-air missile systems batteries.

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