As defense cooperation between the two nations intensifies, official media announced that Iran has sealed a contract to purchase Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia.
The sanctions-hit air force Iran's aircraft fleet is getting older, and the country has had trouble finding replacement parts to keep its jets flying.
After the Iran-Iraq war of 1980–88, Tehran claimed in a declaration to the UN that it approached "countries to buy fighter jets" to restock its fleet.
“Russia announced it was ready to sell them” after the expiry in October 2020 of restrictions on Iran purchasing conventional weapons under UN Resolution 2231, said the statement carried late Friday by the official IRNA news agency.
“The Sukhoi 35 fighter jets were technically acceptable for Iran,” it added.
Iran has forged strong ties with Moscow in various sectors including the military in the past year.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has accused Iran of supplying Moscow with Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones used in attacks on civilian targets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year — an allegation the Islamic republic denies.
The sanctions-hit air force Iran's aircraft fleet is getting older, and the country has had trouble finding replacement parts to keep its jets flying.
After the Iran-Iraq war of 1980–88, Tehran claimed in a declaration to the UN that it approached "countries to buy fighter jets" to restock its fleet.
“Russia announced it was ready to sell them” after the expiry in October 2020 of restrictions on Iran purchasing conventional weapons under UN Resolution 2231, said the statement carried late Friday by the official IRNA news agency.
“The Sukhoi 35 fighter jets were technically acceptable for Iran,” it added.
Iran has forged strong ties with Moscow in various sectors including the military in the past year.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has accused Iran of supplying Moscow with Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones used in attacks on civilian targets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year — an allegation the Islamic republic denies.
