Iran announced the completion of the deal for the purchase of Russian multi-purpose fighters Su-35

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Iran announced the completion of the deal for the purchase of Russian multi-purpose fighters Su-35

Iran has completed a deal to purchase Russian Su-35 multipurpose fighter jets, IRNA reports, citing a statement from the country's permanent mission to the UN.

Tehran signed a contract for the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighters, the number of aircraft is not called. It is specified that the agreement was signed after the end of the UN arms embargo, there are no violations by Iran. Earlier, Israel reported that Russia would supply the Iranian Air Force with 24 Su-35 fighters, originally intended for Egypt. According to Western experts, it is the Su-35 that is the only fighter capable of fighting the American F-35s in service with the Israeli Air Force.



Sukhoi-35 fighters are technically approved by Iran. After October 2020, when the ban on the sale of conventional weapons to Iran was lifted in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 2231, Iran finally agreed to purchase them.

Iran's permanent mission to the UN says in a statement.

For the first time in Iran, the purchase of Russian fighters was officially recognized in mid-January this year, when a member of the commission on national security and foreign policy of the Iranian Majlis, Shahriyar Heydari, announced the imminent entry of aircraft into service with the Iranian Air Force. According to him, Russia will supply the fighters at the beginning of next year according to the Iranian calendar, i.е. at the end of March 2023.

In addition, Russia will supply Iran with helicopters, as well as some defense systems and missiles, no details. Russia does not comment on the supply of weapons to Iran, including the sale of the Su-35.

Earlier, a number of Western publications claimed that the contract for the supply of Russian fighters to Iran was allegedly signed last year, in return, Russia received Iranian strike Drones and technologies for their production.
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  1. +14
    12 March 2023 06: 25
    Iran, of course, needs to be sold an avalanche. Only now there is a war going on, and it does not happen without losses. How is our production now? If we cover losses, great, you can sell
    1. +35
      12 March 2023 06: 30
      Jews will be hysterical in Israel. what
      1. +8
        12 March 2023 06: 38
        Jewish tantrums usually end in uncontrolled rocket attacks. No matter how they burned them right at the airport a week after delivery.
        1. +21
          12 March 2023 07: 19
          Quote from DMFalke
          Jewish tantrums usually end in uncontrolled rocket attacks. No matter how they burned them right at the airport a week after delivery.

          How would, yes, if ...
          Iranian missiles with warheads up to 1000 kg can also reach Israel ... And the Su-35 can compete for superiority in the sky with the F-35i.
          1. -15
            12 March 2023 11: 30
            Quote: ROSS 42
            Iranian missiles with warheads up to 1000 kg can also reach Israel...

            Iran attacking Israel from the air is stupid. They have three-level air defense and missile defense, of course, if Iran does not launch 1000 missiles at Israel at the same time. Next, an attack on Israel, this is an attack on NATO, believe me, Iran will be torn to pieces. Everyone will participate in such a swindle. And no one will fight for Iran. Not Russia, not China. Iran first of all needs to strengthen air defense and missile defense.
            1. +9
              12 March 2023 12: 09
              Quote: Azerbaijan2023
              Iran attacking Israel from the air is stupid. They have three levels of air defense and missile defense

              The Israeli Iron Dome is effective only against home-made kassams and similar primitive missiles, which the Palestinians rivet almost from pipe scraps and launch almost from a slingshot ... The dome can’t handle serious smart missiles, it will miss bОFor the most part, don't go to a fortune teller. Moreover, this is not my opinion, this is stated by the Jews themselves, and by numerous experts.
              Next attack on Israel, this is an attack on NATO

              Is Israel already in NATO?
              1. -6
                12 March 2023 13: 14
                Quote: Peter_Koldunov
                Israeli Iron Dome - effective only against home-made kassams and similar primitive missiles, which the Palestinians rivet almost from pipe scraps and launch almost from a slingshot

                you continue Lie to yourself, this is your problem, and Israel continues to defend itself. this is our problem.
                1 Iron Dome: intercepts surface-to-surface missiles
                short range (bottom layer).
                2 David's Sling: Intercepts surface-to-surface missiles
                short and medium and medium and long range (medium
                level).

                3 Strela-2: intercepts missiles medium and long range
                (upper layer).

                4 Strela-3: Intercepts missiles long range (upper
                layer)

                Altitude 100 km+
                2500 range km
                Target detection 4500 km
                Kinetic destruction of the target.

                5 Under development Strela 4, no data
                1. +6
                  12 March 2023 16: 20
                  The hopes of the youths nourish. Yes
                  Each of the complexes you listed has restrictions on the speed of targets hit. And this is their most important characteristic.
                  None of them will take hypersonic missiles.
                  There is also a number of simultaneously fired targets.
                  It is noticeably less than 1000.
                  I love Israel and absolutely do not want Iran to shoot at it.
                  I hope for the sane behavior of the leadership from all sides. hi
                  1. -10
                    12 March 2023 19: 14
                    Quote: Alex777
                    None of them will take hypersonic missiles.

                    That was yesterday, and today the improved complexes "Iron Dome", "David's Sling", "Marriage 8" shoot down cruise missiles (during exercises).
                    Quote: Alex777
                    There is also a number of simultaneously fired targets. It is noticeably less than 1000.

                    You didn't express your idea clearly.
                    1 Where are 1000 missiles from and what kind?
                    2 You need to have 1000 launchers.
                    3 You hope that the IDF will wait until they are
                    recharge?
                    4 It will be a war without "silk gloves". in which the IDF
                    packs Hamas or Hizbalah.
                    You must understand that Israel will not allow Iran to receive nuclear weapons, this was officially announced, just as Iran said about the destruction of Israel ..
                    1. +7
                      13 March 2023 00: 22
                      Quote: Vitaly Gusin
                      That was yesterday, and today the improved complexes "Iron Dome", "David's Sling", "Marriage 8" shoot down cruise missiles (during exercises).

                      Quote: Alex777
                      None of them will take hypersonic missiles.

                      There is an obvious difference between what I said and what you insist.
                      Cruise missiles - you can intercept.
                      Aeroballistic, and even more so hypersonic - difficult / impossible.

                      Quote: Vitaly Gusin
                      You must understand that Israel will not allow Iran to receive nuclear weapons, this was officially announced, just as Iran said about the destruction of Israel ..

                      I don't owe anything. I just hope for the prudence of management.
                      The states also thought that their sanctions would ruin Russia quickly. And what?
                      Israel, without the States, may be very surprised if it does attack.
                      I doubt that the States are ready to fight on 3 fronts. And 2 are afraid.
                      And the forecast for oil prices, in the event of an Israeli attack, is as much as $330.
                      Do you think the States will easily endure such prices? And Europe, and Britain?
                      Please note: Iran made peace with the Saudis and untied its hands.
                      It's one thing to make statements. The other is to go to war with Iran.
                      PS I am a Christian and do not want war in the Holy Land ... hi
                      1. 0
                        13 March 2023 04: 59
                        in the topic about the B-52 on St. Petersburg ...
                        Everyone swore in the comments that there was nothing to intercept, and now Dima is smartly talking about sales and applauding him ...
                        PS. if this is barter for UAVs, then it’s fine, but if again rials are in a jug ...
                        550 rials about 1 ruble
                2. +9
                  12 March 2023 17: 59
                  All the technical characteristics of these systems, of course, are beautifully described. But you can remember how Iraq terrorized Israeli cities with antediluvian scuds. Which flew along a ballistic trajectory and were slightly smaller in size than a passenger plane
                  1. -5
                    12 March 2023 18: 41
                    Quote from lako
                    But you can remember how Iraq terrorized Israeli cities with antediluvian scuds.

                    Yes, it was, but at that time Israel did not have an air defense system from the word AT ALL. During the war, they put the "Petriot" but it was of little use. About 40 Scuds were fired, minimal destruction, 1 elderly person died from a heart attack.
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        2. +9
          12 March 2023 10: 05
          Quote from DMFalke
          Jewish tantrums usually end in uncontrolled rocket attacks. No matter how they burned them right at the airport a week after delivery.

          It is they who are playing pranks on the territory of Syria and rocketing Iranian subjects there with weapons that they can get away with, but here, if they launch a missile attack on the territory of Iran, then this will already be a full-fledged war. The answer will fly to anyone.
        3. +1
          12 March 2023 10: 30
          Unlike us, Iran has underground hangars for accommodation. And ours even just have canopies over aircraft in isolated places.
        4. +1
          12 March 2023 10: 36
          That's it for them underground shelters are built. I was wondering why? And it's like that!
        5. +9
          12 March 2023 12: 13
          Quote from DMFalke
          Jewish tantrums usually end in uncontrolled rocket attacks.

          Yes, I, too, have always been insanely interested - why does the entire world community allow Israel to cheat with impunity around the borders of all its neighbors at any moment, as soon as the next leader begins critical days and there is a desire to attack someone again?
          1. +7
            12 March 2023 12: 51
            insanely interesting

            It’s also interesting - there is a Holocaust, but the Russian genocide is not recognized ...
          2. -11
            12 March 2023 13: 31
            Quote: Peter_Koldunov
            Yes, I, too, have always been insanely interested - why does the entire world community allow Israel to cheat with impunity around the circle of borders on all neighbors at any moment,

            Do you have evidence that this is Israel?
            It has been suggested that this is the Liechtenstein Air Force ..
            So this morning, Syrian state media reported that the Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the Masyaf region, in the province of Hama, in western Syria, objects about Iranian forces were attacked.
            Well, they said, but you also need to prove that the Israeli Air Force, and not the United States or Liechtenstein, or maybe Turkey?
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      2. +10
        12 March 2023 06: 40
        Quote: Lech from Android.
        Jews will be hysterical in Israel. what


        What about Jews in other countries? What will happen to them?
        1. +18
          12 March 2023 06: 48
          Quote: sergo1914
          What about Jews in other countries? What will happen to them?

          These will pursue a pro-Israeli policy...that is, anti-Iranian...they will approve any strike on Iran for the security of Israel.
          For us, only Israel's policy towards Russia matters ... at the moment, Israel is not a friend to us, but not an enemy in the direct sense of the word.
          The leadership of Israel is pursuing a policy of a cunning Odessa Jew.

          Immediately remembered as American
          The Hasidim demanded our museum relics from Putin.
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        2. +4
          12 March 2023 08: 03
          Yes, nothing will happen. Reflected on ordinary people. But at the tops, which in almost any country are at the helm, no. They're still on the blood.
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      3. 0
        12 March 2023 06: 45
        Yes, they will. This is one of the main reasons why we did not deliver there. But everything will pass, and this too will pass.
      4. -3
        12 March 2023 12: 55
        Quote: Lech from Android.
        Jews will be hysterical in Israel. what

        Will not. In a country accustomed to war, hysteria is an unaffordable luxury.
      5. 0
        12 March 2023 13: 39
        Quote: Lech from Android.
        Jews will be hysterical in Israel. what

        It is good to. That's just like the Persians with the pilots? If there are a dozen or three smart heroes, then the Jews will also start to shit ...
        1. +2
          12 March 2023 14: 39
          If everything goes according to plan, then the pilots have already been prepared. Only fools buy planes and, upon delivery, begin to think about where to get pilots.
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    2. +6
      12 March 2023 06: 44
      Quote from: dmi.pris1
      How is our production now? If we cover losses, great, we can sell

      smaolet do faster than the pilot.
    3. KCA
      +3
      12 March 2023 07: 09
      So these are already produced or ordered export versions, why do our VKS need them? And I haven’t heard anything about the losses of the SU-35S
      1. -12
        12 March 2023 08: 56
        Quote: KCA
        And I haven’t heard anything about the losses of the SU-35S

        Russia lost its first Su-35S in the conflict in early April. The aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Izium in eastern Ukraine, near Kharkiv. The following month, it was reported that US and UK agents got their hands on the wreckage of the advanced fighter.
        1. KCA
          +8
          12 March 2023 09: 16
          Can you easily determine from the wreckage that this is the SU-35S, and not the SU-27? Surely not the usual cisco fake? Like a burned-out rusty tech with a fresh Z, V, or O? Or shots from toys where Russian planes and helicopters are shot down?
          1. -6
            12 March 2023 10: 07
            Quote: KCA
            Can you easily determine from the wreckage that this is the SU-35S, and not the SU-27?

            Khibiny are visible at the ends of the wings. This is clearly a Su-35, unfortunately.
            1. KCA
              +5
              12 March 2023 10: 31
              You can see the containers on the wingtips, but there are none on the SU-27SM?
            2. +2
              12 March 2023 12: 34
              Quote: Gritsa
              Khibiny are visible at the ends of the wings. This is clearly a Su-35, unfortunately.

              It is very doubtful that these are the Khibiny. Khibiny have a larger and more massive container, which also protrudes from the rear of the wing. And what is in the photo is most likely Sorption - a jamming station, which was developed back in the mid-70s, and which the SU-27 was equipped with in droves.
            3. -2
              12 March 2023 14: 34
              at the ends of the khibiny, and between the wings of the cabin. Exactly 35th
    4. +16
      12 March 2023 08: 40
      I can't find the source now, but I remember exactly what I read. These Su-35s are already a completed order for Egypt, which the customer refused. That is, these aircraft are built for export, they are obviously weaker than those supplied to our army. The plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur will unload warehouses, receive money, and reduce storage costs. So there are no weak points in this contract at all, except for possible Israeli tantrums about this ....
      1. -6
        12 March 2023 09: 12
        Quote: Victor Masyuk
        I can't find the source now, but I remember exactly what I read. These Su-35s are already a completed order for Egypt, which the customer refused.

        https://defence-blog.com/egypt-algeria-indonesia-reject-su-35-fighter-jet-deals-with-russia/#:~:text=Governments%20of%20Egypt%2C%20Algeria%20and,people%20familiar%20with%20the%20matter.
    5. +1
      12 March 2023 13: 08
      Even if the losses do not overlap, the deal is profitable. I'm sure it's a barter for badly needed Martyrs.
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    7. 0
      13 March 2023 11: 42
      ... good news .... let's see how it all turns out ...
  2. +12
    12 March 2023 06: 32
    I hope that Iranian pilots and techies were also trained in our schools to circumvent the embargo and sanctions. And they will continue to teach.
    1. +3
      12 March 2023 06: 35
      How many aviation schools do we have left?! Are they preparing their pilots and techies in abundance for the army?
      1. +1
        12 March 2023 07: 29
        Quote from Klaus8691
        Are they preparing their pilots and techies in abundance for the army?

        Yes, even the female graduate this year seems to join the ranks of the VKS. If they don't go on maternity leave.
        1. +12
          12 March 2023 07: 43
          Quote: Mordvin 3
          If they don't go on maternity leave.

          In the decree, they will definitely bring more benefits.
      2. +1
        12 March 2023 08: 07
        A quarter of a century ago they were still preparing. Further questions to EBN, his successor and the crowd of approximate robbers and hangers-on.
      3. 0
        12 March 2023 13: 11
        Aviation schools are an absolute disaster.
        After the reform of Anatoly Serdyukov, the number of military universities in Russia decreased from 68 to 17. The Air Force had only one Air Force Academy in Voronezh.
    2. +15
      12 March 2023 06: 59
      Yesterday I drove it into a search engine, Iran will receive the Su-35, and on Zen there is an interesting article on this topic, in short, 40 of the best pilots were trained in the Far East for 10 months, if you are interested, look, there are also about future airfields based there, The Iranians have already prepared everything
  3. +13
    12 March 2023 06: 42
    In addition, Russia will supply Iran with helicopters, as well as some defense systems and missiles.
    Why not sell it to a country that is opposed to the Western coalition and supports Russia on a certain range of issues. Moreover, our country needs an ally in the BV and it is desirable that it be well armed.
  4. +4
    12 March 2023 06: 50
    Russia will deliver the fighters at the beginning of next year according to the Iranian calendar, i.е. at the end of March 2023.
    In principle, and not so stretched out in time. It is necessary, it is necessary to deliver to Iran, as opposed to those presumptuous of impunity. Hopefully, while impunity.
  5. +1
    12 March 2023 07: 06
    Here you go. Everything is as it should be. This does not mean that we will all accept Islam, it means that any country can live as it wants ...
  6. +2
    12 March 2023 07: 14
    Good news. And to support an ally, and to improve their finances. I hope they managed without food barter there, during the war money is needed.
    1. +4
      12 March 2023 07: 20
      Quote: Rostislav
      did without food barter,

      We have Iranian dates.....
      1. +1
        12 March 2023 07: 34
        With sanctions, they began to import products that had not previously entered our market due to the dominance of the West. And, the dates were Egyptian and Iranian and Syrian. You can't buy a plane for dates.
        Fruit group from the Balkan states (Serbia, Macedonia.)
      2. -5
        12 March 2023 07: 34
        Quote from Uncle Lee
        We have Iranian dates.....

        What is this, and where? I remember Vietnamese dried bananas (a rare dirty trick, as for me), but about dates - I don’t even know what they are eaten with.
        1. +2
          12 March 2023 08: 21
          Quote: Mordvin 3
          about dates

          The fruits of the date palm ... And by weight and packed in boxes of 0,5 kg ....
      3. +4
        12 March 2023 08: 32
        Quote from Uncle Lee
        We have Iranian dates.....

        They were Iranian. From the fact that Jamshut and Ravshan traded them, they did not cease to be Iranian.
      4. -1
        12 March 2023 10: 09
        Quote from Uncle Lee
        We have Iranian dates.....

        And Iranian geraniums
      5. 0
        12 March 2023 10: 38
        We got Iranian dates....

        Tried. Better than Turkish.
  7. +2
    12 March 2023 07: 28
    The effectiveness of Iranian Su-35s will depend on the missiles that will be equipped with aircraft.
    1. +2
      12 March 2023 09: 00
      The effectiveness of the Iranian Su-35 will depend

      From ground-based early warning and fighter guidance systems .. What is the point of the most advanced missile if its carrier is not in the right place at the right time?
    2. 0
      12 March 2023 13: 05
      Quote: Sergey39
      The effectiveness of Iranian Su-35s will depend on the missiles that will be equipped with aircraft.

      And also from the support services, from the availability of modern AWACS, electronic warfare, RTR, and most importantly, from the ability to use all this correctly. From the training of pilots, from their experience, and from the professionalism of staff officers, analysts, tacticians, planners, etc.
      And also, from the professionalism of intelligence and counterintelligence.
      By themselves, the planes do not solve anything, no matter what they are.
  8. +4
    12 March 2023 08: 26
    Quote: Mordvin 3
    And what is this, and where? ... I don’t even know what they eat with

    In Soviet times, dates were not uncommon on store shelves. But then they entered the Soviet market from Egypt.
  9. +2
    12 March 2023 09: 21
    This is right. I would sell the latest weapons to only one country - Iran. All. Even China is nothing. Iran is the only one that really helped Russia at the right time with weapons, and even effective ones.
    1. +1
      12 March 2023 10: 39
      China is no longer taking. No need. He can supply himself.
  10. -3
    12 March 2023 09: 27
    Iran needs to put up nuclear weapons, walk like that, let the West choke with anger
    1. 0
      12 March 2023 10: 40

      _Ugene_ (_Ugene_)
      Today, 09: 27
      NEW
      -1
      Iran needs to put up nuclear weapons, walk like that, let the West choke with anger
      Iran itself will very soon produce nuclear weapons itself. According to the latest OPEN sources, he approached more than 80% uranium enrichment. That's why their neighbors are furious (I hope you understand who I mean), and the Americans.
    2. +1
      12 March 2023 13: 08
      Quote: _Ugene_
      Iran needs to put up nuclear weapons, walk like that, let the West choke with anger

      Then Kyiv can get nuclear weapons, and Georgia, and Poland with the Baltic states, if such a booze goes. request
  11. +3
    12 March 2023 10: 47
    Good news. Still, the S-400 would have been purchased and air defense systems of small and medium radius, so that there would be defense in depth. And we can buy more drones and other weapons we lack from them
    1. +1
      12 March 2023 12: 05
      Quote: elmi
      Still, the S-400 would also be purchased by small and medium-range air defense systems

      On March 6, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said that his country does not need Russian S-400 air defense systems. Iran fully provides itself with air defense systems, emphasizing in particular that the advanced capabilities of the Bavar-373 air defense system are not inferior to the S-400 complex.
  12. +1
    12 March 2023 13: 31
    The Iranian state is confident and independent that today in the BV and in the world, it’s very clear that they are under the sanctions of the West and NATO for many years, which seriously slowed down the growth and development of the country. I did not see any signs of ISIS of the state government (clerics to fascists and Nazis) in them. Under the pretext of creating nuclear weapons, the United States imposed sanctions, and NATO followed. Even if they worked for nuclear weapons, is it morally ethical? Pakistan has nuclear weapons, India, Israel, France, England, then why does not Iran have nuclear weapons ???
    And for Israel's tantrums? Sanctions on Iran were not justified in any way, but Russia also played on the US leash and voted for sanctions in the UN Security Council.
    The weakest place of the Iranian army PLANES AND HELICOPTERS are those. air force and sell them a modern aircraft NOBLE cause they have the right to SELF-DEFENSE from US and Israel aggression. Now they have even normalized relations with the SA under the mediation of China, which speaks of the MATURITY of the state.
    As a person, we wish success to Iran and prosperity and so that they would not fall into Islamic radicalism, but at the expense of chemical weapons in Iraq, the United States found it, it was only yellow and in ingots and weighed a lot, and the oil was plundered by NATO companies.
    SU 35S is exactly what Iran needs !!!
    1. -4
      12 March 2023 14: 03
      Quote: Wolf
      Pakistan has nuclear weapons, India, Israel, France, England, then why does not Iran have nuclear weapons ???

      Have you read that Pakistan, India, France, England made such statements:
      Khamenei stated: "Iran's position, which was first expressed by the Imam, is that the cancerous tumor called Israel must be eradicated from the region. and the permanent subject of Iran is the elimination of Israel from the region. "
      Khamenei told a gathering of 50 militias in the Basij that Israel was ready to fall. "The Zionist regime is one whose pillars are extremely shaky and doomed to collapse," he said. Israelis, he added , "Should not be called people."
      “According to a statement by the Supreme Leader noting Navruz thatTel Aviv and Haifa will be destroyed.... The Armed Forces are ready with all their might to fulfill the orders of the Supreme Leader in the shortest possible time. "
      General Mohammad Hedjazi
      Deputy Chief of Staff
      ". We will not give up our [armed] struggle before the destruction of Israel and until we can pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. ”
      Brig. General Mohammad Reza Nakdi,
      militia commander basij
      “Enemies talk about options. They should know what's the first option on our table is the destruction of Israel .
      Hojatoleslam Mohammad Hassan Akhtari
      Hezbollah Operations Representative, Former Ambassador to Syria
      "If once the destruction and death of occupying Israel was an impossible and unattainable dream, today, thanks to the historical and reasonable actions of Imam Khomeini, this has become possible and is actually in the process of implementation."
      And here is a clock in Tehran that counted how much Israel had left to exist (Israel turned it off).

      Maybe you have seen such watches in Pakistan or India?
      Now you can compare.
      In September 1919, Hitler wrote his first political document, where he declared, that the Jewish question can only be resolved by the complete elimination of Jews from Europe.

      I hope you understand that another hitler and the extermination of the Jews by Israel WILL NOT ALLOW.
      1. KCA
        -1
        13 March 2023 07: 35
        How many times has Iranian aircraft bombed Israel? And how many times did Israeli aircraft bomb Iran? And what are the conclusions?
      2. 0
        18 March 2023 07: 42
        you are good lier but their is some truth to what you stated but with gigantic deliberate misrepresentation.
        they have problems with Zionism which i think every human with a little bit of morality would have a problem with Zionism which a colonial entity a bulldog for USA
        they called for distraction of zionisim as political system not Jewish people and proof of that tis the fact iran highest population of Jewish community with permanent sit on parliament with full religious freedom including drinking wine and alcohol something Iranian Muslim can't do.
        in the other words iran seek regime change in Israel that's all and they had this position only in regard to two state one was apartheid south Africa and another one is israel atlast they have constancy in criteria of state that should be eliminated
  13. +1
    12 March 2023 16: 02
    Quote: autop
    Iran completed the purchase Russian multi-role fighters Su-35, IRNA reports.

    Iran has finalized a deal to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, state media reported, as defense cooperation between the two countries deepens

    The difference, of course, is in perception.
    Su-35s have not yet been delivered. Contract agreed
  14. +1
    12 March 2023 19: 13
    Quote from: dmi.pris1
    If we cover losses, great, you can sell

    The supply is in exchange for the production of drones, which are EVEN MORE needed. In addition, these are export aircraft (and therefore not adapted for the Russian Aerospace Forces).
  15. -1
    13 March 2023 18: 35
    And Iran definitely needs them more than the Russian Aerospace Forces at the present time? Or are the next "respected partners" partners with us, as long as it is beneficial for them?