{"id":627,"date":"2005-12-02T12:06:29","date_gmt":"2005-12-02T12:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/uncategorised\/regime\/627-iran-and-russia-sign-1-bln-defense-deal"},"modified":"2023-01-12T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T11:48:32","slug":"iran-and-russia-sign-1-bln-defense-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/regime\/iran-and-russia-sign-1-bln-defense-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran and Russia sign $1 bln defense deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-27956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2005\/12\/russianairdefense-dec2.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"135\" style=\"float: right\" alt=\"A Russian air defense missile system \" title=\"A Russian air defense missile system \" border=\"1\" \/>NCRI &#8211; Russia plans to sell more than $1 billion worth of tactical surface-to-air missiles and other defense hardware to Iranian regime, according to press on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>  Moscow is already at odds with the West over its nuclear ties with Tehran. The regime is to buy 29 TOR-M1 systems designed to bring down aircraft and guided missiles at low altitudes.<\/p>\n<p>  This is the biggest sale of Russian defense hardware to Iran for about five years. Moscow and Tehran had already signed the contract.<\/p>\n<p>  Interfax news agency separately quoted a source as saying the deal, which would also include modernizing Iran&#8217;s air force and supplying some patrol boats, was worth more than $1 billion.<br \/> The move could strain Moscow&#8217;s efforts to broker a deal between Iranian regime and European negotiators aimed at breaking a deadlock over Tehran&#8217;s nuclear program.<br \/> Israel in particular is nervous about Iran&#8217;s military potential after mullahs&rsquo; President Ahmadinejad said in October that Israel should be &quot;wiped off the map&quot; &#8211; comments condemned by Russia at the time.<br \/> Western countries suspect Iran of seeking nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian atomic program.<br \/> One Western diplomat who closely watches Russia-Iran dealings told Reuters that the news of the deal was alarming and would further increase tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCRI &ndash; Russia plans to sell more than $1 billion worth of tactical surface-to-air missiles and other defense hardware to Iranian regime, according to press on Friday. Moscow is already at odds with the West over its nuclear ties with Tehran. 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