Sputnik- Iran is interested in the purchase of a wide range of Russian weapons and Moscow is ready to develop military and technical cooperation with Tehran, the Russian Foreign Ministry�s director of the Second Asian Department said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� In October, Iranian Ambassador to�Russia Mehdi Sanaei told Sputnik in�an interview that Tehran was looking for�ways to�broaden the scope of�defense cooperation with�Moscow, even in�areas that require coordination with�the UN Security Council (UNSC) and need a resolution.

"It is true that the Iranians have a wide range of�military-purpose products they would like�to purchase in�Russia. Naturally, some of�these products�� tanks and fighter jets�� are covered by�the UNSC sanctions, because there is a moratorium. It means that if we sign an agreement on�the delivery of�such products, we have to�apply for�the UNSC permission in�the next five, or rather, the next four years and receive such permission," Zamir Kabulov told RIA Novosti, commenting Sanaei's statement.

He added that Moscow was ready to�work with�Iran in�the area of�military and technical cooperation. "There are other goods from�the sphere of�military and technical cooperation that are not subject [to the UNSC decisions]. There are no problems, but�here we should act via�the UNSC mechanism, unfortunately," the diplomat said. Russia-Delivered S-300 Systems to�Enter Combat Duty in�Iran by�Year-End All S-300 air defense systems supplied to�Iran by�Russia will enter combat duty by�the end of�the year, Kabulov added. "The supplies of�S-300 systems to�Iran have been halted because of�sanctions. They are now completed, and by�the end of�the year all the systems that we have delivered will enter combat duty," Ozerov told reporters on�a visit to�Iran.