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Iran denies deal on S-300 missile system with Venezuela

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-21 16:48

TEHRAN - Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi rejected on Wednesday Iran's intention to purchase the S-300 missile system from Venezuela, the official IRNA news agency reported.

"Tehran has no such plans on its agenda for the time being,'" Vahidi told IRNA on the sidelines of a local meeting.

Heading a delegation of economists and politicians, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Tehran Monday night for talks on diverse areas of cooperation with Iran.

Iran inked a deal with Russia to purchase the S-300 weaponry systems in 2007, however, Russia scrapped plans to deliver S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran as it falls under the UN sanctions, Russian Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov said in September.

The S-300 is an advanced mobile missile system which can shoot down aircraft and cruise missiles from up to 150 km away.