“Tehran is counting on the possibility of buying weapons from Russia to protect the region’s security,” Ali Asghar Hajji, senior assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, said on Sunday.
read more
During an interview with the Russian agency “Sputnik”, Haji explained the military relations with Russia, saying: “We have military cooperation with Russia, and when the ban imposed on the republic on the purchase of weapons was lifted, Russia was among the countries from which we can buy weapons, and there could be.” Cooperate with it to protect our lands and the security of the region. “
On the period of arms embargo restrictions that were imposed on Tehran, Ali Asghar Hajji pointed out that “at a time when Iran did not have the right to buy weapons, other countries in the region bought them for billions of dollars,” noting that this “turned the region into an arms depot.” .
It is worth noting that Iran had announced, on October 18 of last year, the end of all arms embargo restrictions and related financial measures and services, which makes it able to secure the weapons it wants from anywhere, as Tehran stressed that “the end The arms embargo imposed on it does not require a new statement or resolution by the UN Security Council. “
Source: “Sputnik”