S-300 system partially installed: defense minister

July 20, 2016 - 21:19

TEHRAN – Iran’s defense minister has said the S-300 missile system has already been partially installed in the country, IRNA reported.

Hossein Dehqan made the remarks in a meeting of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee in which he and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended on Tuesday, committee spokesman Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said on Wednesday.

Naqavi also said that Zarif had said during the meeting that the Foreign Ministry painstakingly monitors the behavior of 5+1 nations regarding their its commitment to the JCPOA and takes due measures to safeguard Iran’s rights.

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