Posted on 10/05/2020 7:52:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Russia's ambassador to Iran has said Moscow will consider selling its advanced S-400 anti-aircraft missile system to Tehran, despite U.S. objections and threats.
Ambassador Levan Jagarian told the Resalat daily newspaper Sunday that Russia would have "no problem" selling S-400 systems to Iran when the United Nation arms embargo on the country expires on October 18, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported.
"We are not afraid of U.S. threats and we will live up to our commitments," Jagarian said, explaining that Russia will properly consider Iranian arms requests despite continued pressure from the U.S. for nations to further isolate Tehran.
President Donald Trump's administration has failed in a push to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, put in place as part of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action—commonly referred to as the Iran nuclear deal—which Trump withdrew from in 2018.
The Trump administration claimed the arms embargo lapse would further destabilize the region, and said Iran would immediately begin purchasing weapons for the regional proxies Tehran uses to further its foreign policy.
The U.S. suggested Iranian-supplied weapons would flood into Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and other areas where Tehran arms affiliated militant groups.
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The Russians are whores and broke. They will do this and more.
Yeah those ones in Syria really performed very well.
If them being blown to bits by Israel means performing very well.
Who knows? Perhaps one day Russia will join the circle of civilized nations.
Russia has no manufactured goods worth a damn for export except weapons. Selling weapons to Iran is making jobs for Mother Russia
LOL, reminds me of the movie “One, Two, Three”:
C.R. MacNamara : Cigarette? Cigar?
Peripetchikoff : Here, take one of these.
C.R. Macnamara : Thanks. Hm, ‘Made in Havana’.
Peripetchikoff : We have trade agreement with Cuba. They send us cigars, we send them rockets.
C.R. Macnamara : Good thinking.
C.R. MacNamara : You know something? You guys got cheated. This is a pretty crummy cigar.
Peripetchikoff : Do not worry. We send them pretty crummy rockets.
Were they S-400s or S-300s? I recall Syrian S-300s being spoofed a few years back so that Israeli strike aircraft did not appear on the sensor displays.
Advisedly or not, Putin tries to work with everybody over there. He and Netanyahu are pretty close. They meet with each other multiple times a year
LOL
Wow. Didn’t know that.
And I am sorry, I do not remember.
But then, I don’t remember what I had for lunch yesterday :)
Thank God we don’t have an interventionist President. Clinton or the Bushes or Obama would find a way to insert troops because of this.
Yep!
Gee, I wonder what will happen the day before Iran takes delivery?
In a teleconference earlier this evening organized by the Arab Council for Regional Integration, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz joined journalists from outlets in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain, including Al-Roeya, Al-Ayam, Alarabiya, amongst others, for a first-ever conversation between an Israeli defense minister and journalists from the Gulf states.
Russia is a natural allie of Iran. But if Iran ever becomes a normal country the relationship will change
Iran is currently supporting Armenia against the aggression of the Turkish animals. This raises their stock significantly in my eyes. Even Georgia (supposedly their Orthodox brothers) have sold out Armenia (ostensibly just to spite Russia).
The S-400 has never been tested in combat so its actual capabilities remain spec sheet speculation and largely thoretical
Those were Syrian manned Pantsirs and export S-300 batteries. The S-400 batteries at Tartus Naval Base are Russian controlled and never an Israeli target.
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No surprise. Maybe Biden will sell them US air defenses. To create jobs.
Well then I guess we’ll see how well they do against American and Israeli jets if it comes to that in the future.
Because if they are coming at our planes, we won’t give a flying #### who supplied them, we’ll blow them to pieces.
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