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Iran has completed a deal to purchase Russian multi-purpose Su-35 fighters, IRNA news agency reports, citing a statement from the country's permanent mission to the UN.
Tehran has signed a contract for the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighters, the number of aircraft is not called. It is clarified that the agreement was signed after the end of the UN arms embargo, there are no violations on the part of Iran. Earlier in Israel, it was reported that Russia would supply the Iranian Air Force with 24 Su-35 fighters, originally intended for Egypt. According to Western experts, it is the Su-35 that is the only fighter capable of fighting the American F-35s in service with the Israeli Air Force.
- the statement of the permanent mission of Iran to the UN says.
For the first time in Iran, the purchase of Russian fighter jets was officially recognized in mid-January of this year, when a member of the Commission on National Security and Foreign policy of the Mejlis of Iran, Shahriyar Heydari, announced that the aircraft would soon enter service with the Iranian Air Force. According to him, Russia will deliver fighters at the beginning of next year according to the Iranian calendar, i.e. at the end of March 2023.
In addition, Russia will supply Iran with helicopters, as well as some defensive systems and missiles, there are no details. Russia does not comment on the supply of weapons to Iran, including the sale of the Su-35.
Earlier, a number of Western publications claimed that the contract for the supply of Russian fighter jets to Iran was allegedly signed last year, in return, Russia received Iranian attack drones and their production technologies.
