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Russia Lifts Its Ban on Delivery of S-300 Missiles to Iran

(Wall Street Journal) Paul Sonne and Jay Solomon - The Kremlin lifted its ban on the delivery of the powerful S-300 missile air-defense system to Iran on Monday, which would complicate airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities by Israel or the U.S. should the diplomatic track fail. In response, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said, "We think, given Iran's destabilizing actions in the region in places like Yemen or Syria or Lebanon, that this isn't the time to be selling these kinds of systems to them." Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said, "It's proof that the economic momentum that will come for Iran after lifting sanctions will be exploited for an arms buildup and not for the welfare of the people of Iran."

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