Russia Ready to Sell S-300 Missiles to Iran If Sanctions Fall

Russia may resume a deal to deliver S-300 surface-to-air defense systems to Iran if only the UN decides to lift its ban on arms sales to Tehran, a leading Russian defense expert said on Friday.
Negotiators from Iran, the United States and other world powers agreed on Thursday to a framework for a final agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iran agreed in principle to accept significant restrictions on its nuclear facilities, in return, economic sanctions unilaterally imposed on the Islamic Republic by the US, EU and the UN Security Council will be lifted.
Following the agreement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that a UN arms embargo against Iran should also go.
"Lifting sanctions on Iran, including the arms embargo, would be an absolutely logical thing to do,” said Igor Korotchenko, who heads the Global Arms Trade Analysis Center think tank in Moscow, Sputnik reported.