Russia Offers Iran Latest Anti-Ballistic Missile System, Tehran Considering Deal





http://bit.ly/1zfNXza Russia's state-owned high-tech corporation Rostec has offered Iran the chance to buy its latest Antey-2500 anti- aircraft and ballistic missile system, instead of the older S-300 system, the company's CEO said, adding that Tehran is considering the deal. “We have offered Antey-2500 instead of S-300. They are thinking. No decision has been made yet," Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said while speaking at an international arms show in Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia, according to TASS. Chemezov reminded that Antey-2500 is an improved version of the S-300, which Russia has stopped manufacturing. Under the US$800 million contract signed in 2007 by the two countries, Russia was to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran. However, the deal was canceled in 2010 by then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, following UN sanctions imposed on Iran due to its disputed nuclear program. In turn, Tehran filed a currently pending $4 billion lawsuit against Russia with Geneva's arbitration court. http://bit.ly/1BP53bu

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