Russia will begin the first shipment of its S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran in the coming days, Interfax news agency quoted a senior Russian diplomat as saying on Tuesday.
"I don't know if this will happen today, but the [S-300 missiles] will be loaded [for shipment to Iran]," the agency quoted Zamir Kabulov, a department chief at the Foreign Ministry, as saying.
Russia canceled a contract to deliver the advanced anti-missile rocket system to Iran in 2010 under pressure from the West following UN sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
Tehran and Moscow have also started talks on the supply of the Russian-made Sukhoi-30 fighter jets to Iran, Hossein Dehghan said.
"We have even decided on the number of Sukhoi-30 fighter jets that we want to buy," Dehghan said.
Tehran agreed a deal on curbing its nuclear work in July last year and international sanctions were lifted in January. But tensions with Washington have remained high as Tehran continues to develop its military capabilities.
