ST. PETERSBURG, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will honor its commitments to supply Tor-M1 air defense systems to Iran, the defense minister said Friday.
"The contract was signed and we need time to fulfill it. It will be fulfilled if nothing unforeseen happens," Sergei Ivanov said.
Ivanov, who is also deputy prime minister, said the Tor M1 was designed for operation at medium, low and very low altitudes and "could not be used in hypothetic terrorist activities."
At the end of 2005, Russia signed a $700-million contract on supplies of 29 Tor M1 air defense systems to Iran.