Russia protects its interests
Well, first Russia agrees to build nuclear reactors in Iran and now they are discussing selling Tehran air defense missiles.
Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said Tehran has signed a contract with Russia on Tuesday for the delivery of the advanced S-300 air defense missile systems, Iran’s Fars news agency said on Wednesday.
The defense minister provided no details of the deal or any timeline for the delivery of the system.
The signing of the deal follows last week’s meeting on military-technical cooperation between the two nations in Tehran, where both sides reviewed existing agreements and discussed further steps to enhance military cooperation.
Air defense and radar systems are the priority directions in Russia-Iran military cooperation, Mikhail Dmitriyev, director of Russia’s federal service for military-technological cooperation, said last week.
Wouldn’t want all those shiny new Russian made “reactors” be bombed by Israel now would we?
[...] this with the fact that Russia has been contracted to build nuclear reactors in Iran and possibly sell them an air defense system and you got a major foreign policy [...]