S-300 worry those who don’t rule out bombings of Iran — Russian legislator

TEHRAN, April 15. /TASS/. Iran is due to receive Russia’s S-300 air defense missile systems already this year, the country’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan told reporters on Wednesday ahead of flying to Moscow.

"During the visit to Moscow, I will sign a contract according to which Russia will supply these missile systems to Iran," the minister was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing S-300 deliveries to Iran on April 13. The document came into force on the day it was signed.

Under the 2007 contract, Moscow was to deliver to Tehran five divisions of the missile systems of medium range worth over $800 million.

The Iranian side paid $166.8 million in advance. However, until mid-2010 the systems were not supplied to Iran.