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    WASHINGTON BETRAYED MOSCOW OVER S-300 DEAL WITH IRAN: RUSSIAN OFFICIAL

    A file photo of a Russian-made S-300 air defense system

    http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/31/306384/us-betrayed-russia-over-iran-s300-deal/
    Fri May 31, 2013 8:47AM GMT

    Under a contract signed in 2007, Russia was required to provide Iran
    with at least five S-300 defense systems."

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    A Russian official has criticized the US for abandoning Moscow after
    forcing it to stop a deal for the delivery of S-300 defense systems to
    Iran.

    Russian Technologies (Rostech) CEO Sergei Chemezov said on Thursday
    that the US applied heavy pressure on Moscow to stop the agreement
    under the pretext that the Iran-Russia deal was against UN Security
    Council sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic.

    Chemezov, added, however, that Washington later changed its rhetoric,
    saying the UN resolution did not specifically mention the S-300 system
    and Russia had acted on its own.

    "The Americans now agree that it is a defensive system and Russia
    alone should be responsible for the breach of the contract," Ria
    Novosti quoted Chemezov as saying.

    He added that Moscow now seeks to reach a settlement with Tehran to
    withdraw its lawsuit against Russia's state-run arms export company
    Rosoboronexport over the canceled deal, saying Russia's chances
    "to win the case are very slim."

    Under a contract signed in 2007, Russia was required to provide Iran
    with at least five S-300 defense systems.

    Russia, however, refused to deliver the systems to Iran under the
    pretext that they are covered by the fourth round of the UN Security
    Council resolutions against Iran.

    In September 2010, then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also signed
    a decree banning the delivery of the defense systems to the Islamic
    Republic.

    Iran has filed a complaint against Rosoboronexport in the International
    Arbitration Court in Geneva.

    The Iranian Army has previously announced that it is manufacturing an
    indigenous missile defense system similar to the Russian S-300 and will
    unveil it in the next Iranian calendar year (beginning March 21, 2014).

    AR/NN/HMV


    From: Baghdasarian
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