Tehran: Iran has signed a deal to buy advanced Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Iranian state media said on Saturday.
“Moscow is ready to deliver the fighter jets to Iran,” the country’s mission to the United Nations was quoted as saying in the official IRNA. “Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets were technically approved by the Iranian aviation experts, and therefore… Iran finalised the contract to buy those planes,” it said.
However, there was no immediate confirmation of the deal from Russia.
According to reports earlier in the year, Iran had placed an order for 24 of Russia’s most advanced jets along with other military hardware, including air defence systems, missile systems and helicopters.
Iran currently has mostly Russian MiG and Sukhoi fighter jets that date back to the Soviet era, as well as some Chinese aircraft, including the F-7.
