Russia won’t negotiate any defense contracts with Iran as long as the Islamic Republic continues its litigation with Moscow over a failed S-300 air defense systems deal, a Russian deputy premier says.
Under the $800-million contract signed at the end of 2007, Moscow was to supply five S-300PMU-1 battalions to Tehran. On September 22, 2010, Russia cancelled the contract in line with UN sanctions banning supply of conventional weapons to Iran.
In April 2011, Iran’s Defense Ministry and The Aerospace Industries Organization have launched a $4 billion lawsuit against Russia’s state-run arms export company Rosoboronexport in an international arbitration court in Geneva
