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Russian President Medvedev issued a decree prohibiting the delivery of S-300 air defence missile systems and other weapons to Iran, the Kremlin said. |
The decree bars the delivery to Iran of "any battle tanks, combat armoured vehicles, large-calibre artillery systems, combat helicopters, military ships" and missiles covered by a U.N. register, as well as spare parts, the Kremlin said. It specifically prohibits the delivery of the S-300.
The decree also bans Iranian investments in commercial activity involving some nuclear material and includes lists of Iranians barred from Russia because of suspected links to nuclear or missile proliferation.
The decree was announced hours after Russia's armed forces chief of staff said the military was obeying government orders not to deliver S-300s to Iran -- the first direct confirmation from a senior official that the deal was frozen.
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