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Iran’s pressure on Russia for defense systems against Israel

Iran Demands Russian S-300s to Make It ‘Invincible’ to Israel, BusinessWeek, by Henry Meyer June 13 (Bloomberg) — Russia must honor a contract to supply S-300 air-defense systems, an Iranian lawmaker said.“Russia should abide by agreements made between the two countries and deliver the system to Iran,” said Esmail Kowsari, deputy head of the parliament’s security and foreign policy committee, state broadcaster Press TV reported on its website today. The air-defense systems would make Iran “invincible” to any attack by Israel, Press TV said. A Kremlin official said June 11 that lawyers had concluded the S-300 deal likely came under new United Nations sanctions, which banned sales to Iran of weaponry including fighter jets, attack helicopters, warships or missiles…..Israel has declined to rule out a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, which the U.S. and its allies suspect are meant to produce a bomb………..

Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and a U.S. ally, denied reports yesterday that it had agreed to allow Israel to use its airspace to raid Iran’s nuclear facilities.U.K. newspaper The Times reported that Saudi Arabia agreed to allow Israel to use its airspace to make bombing raids on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The newspaper cited unidentified people. Saudi Arabia would ensure that the bombers pass through an area in the north of the country without its missile defense systems being activated, the daily said.

Iran Demands Russian S-300s to Make It ‘Invincible’ to Israel – BusinessWeek

June 14, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Iran, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear weapons