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Iran's defense minister to visit Moscow on April 15-17 — embassy

The minister will come to attend the Moscow international security conference and the supplies of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran are expected to be discussed as well, a source told TASS
Russia's and Iran's Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu and Hosein Dehqan AP Photo/ Vadim Savitsky, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
Russia's and Iran's Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu and Hosein Dehqan
© AP Photo/ Vadim Savitsky, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service

MOSCOW, April 14. /TASS/. Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hosein Dehqan will arrive in Moscow on April 15, the Islamic Republic's embassy in Moscow told TASS on Tuesday.

"The minister will come to attend the Moscow international security conference starting on Thursday," the embassy said adding that other events were also on the visit's agenda.

Sources in Tehran told TASS that Dehqan was expected to discuss with Russian officials the supplies of S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran.

"This is a high priority issue in the light of recent decisions," the source said referring to President Vladimir Putin's order to lift the ban on the S-300 deliveries to the Islamic Republic.