, The head of Russia's state arms exporter has said that the country has fulfilled a contract to deliver anti-aircraft missiles to Iran. The official Itar-Tass news agency quoted Sergei Chemezov, head of Rosoboronexport, as saying that they completed delivery of the TOR-M1 missiles at the end of December last year.
The United States and Israel say Iran could use the missile systems to attack its neighbours and undermine security in the Middle East. Russia says the missiles only operate over a short-range and are a purely defensive weapon.
The United Nations has banned sensitive nuclear trade with Iran but there are no sanctions on conventional weapons like the TOR-M1 systems.
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