Iran to receive S-300 missile system by end of 2015

Iran will receive upgraded S-300 missile defense system from Russia before the end of 2015, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said on Sunday.

Speaking in a TV program on Saturday night, he noted that Washington and Tel-Aviv forced Russia to cancel delivery of S-300 Missile systems to Iran but based on new agreements between the two states, Moscow will deliver S-300 missiles to Iran by the end of 2015, IRNA reported.

Iran has planned to buy fighter aircraft from Russia and in the meantime to acquire native knowledge of constructing them, Dehqan added.

He noted that Iran's defense industry is able to design and produce various advanced and up-to-date defensive equipment.