MOSCOW, December 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Iran hopes that a contract on supply of Russia’s S-300 missile systems will be fulfilled, new Iranian ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said on Tuesday.

“We believe that the contract on supply of this defensive weapon is legitimate and under its conditions this system should be delivered,” he said. “It does not violate any international norms and rules. We hope that this system will be supplied to Iran.”

The envoy said this issue had been discussed during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Iran.