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Thursday, October 20,
2016
A lawmaker denounced a recent decision by
Russia's defense officials to refrain from supplying Iran with Russian-made
Sukhoi fighter jets, dismissing their claim that the sale of the jet to Iran is
banned by international law.
"No international law prohibits Iran from
purchasing the fighter aircraft," Ardeshir Nourian said in an interview
with ICANA on Tuesday.
"Such weapons are meant to defend our
territorial integrity and any country is entitled to develop its defense
capabilities."
Russia was one of the six states that
negotiated last year's nuclear deal with Iran. It took effect in January to
curb Tehran's nuclear program in return for relief from international
sanctions.
Nourian said Moscow is expected to help remove
the sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
"The remarks of Russian officials are
against expectations arising from the current close relations and cooperation
between the two sides and they should agree to provide this weapon to
Iran," he said.
Iran's Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said in
August that Tehran has shown interest in buying Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter
jets and Moscow's reply "has not been negative so far."
The United States has said it would use its
veto power in the UN Security Council to block the possible sales of the
fighter jets to Iran, which need the UNSC approval under its resolution to
endorse the nuclear deal.
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