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Russia Ends Ban on Delivery of S-300 Missiles to Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an Orthodox Easter service in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
Reuters
April 13, 2015

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday lifting a ban on the delivery of S-300 anti-missile rocket systems to Iran, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Russia says it canceled a contract to deliver the advanced missile system to Iran in 2010 under pressure from the West following U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program, but world powers and Tehran have now reached an interim deal on curbing Iran's nuclear work.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Timothy Heritage)

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