It has long been suspected but now Russian new agencies have confirmed that Russia is selling weapons to Iran. The Russians signed a contract to sell S-300 air defense missiles to the Iranians but has not delivered them yet.
Russian officials have consistently denied claims that it already has provided some of the powerful missiles to Iran and had not clarified whether a contract existed.
The state-run ITAR-Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies and the independent Interfax quoted an unnamed top official in the Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service as saying Wednesday the contract had been signed two years ago.
Supplying the S-300s to Iran would markedly change the military balance in the Middle East. It will also make it very difficult for Israeli planes to take out Iranian nuclear sites, something I have advocated for some time.
The Iranians have repeatedly stated their desire to "wipe Israel off the map". Israel must defend themselves and I would not be surprised to see an Israeli air strike in Iran before the S-300 missiles are deployed.
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