Iran seeks closer defence ties with Russia

Tehran, October 29: Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said Tuesday that it is key for Tehran and Moscow to reinforce defence collaboration, Further development of collaboration between Iran and Russia in the defence segment assumes a major part in keeping up local and worldwide security, reported Xinhua refering to the pastor according to a celebratory message by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on his endorsement as Iran's defence clergyman. Russia gets a charge out of an extraordinary position in the Islamic republic's remote arrangement, Dehqan included. In his celebratory message, Shoigu called for closer ties between the military of Russia and Iran. A week ago, Russia's Air Force Commander in Chief Lieutenant General Viktor Bondarev went to Tehran to examine boosting military participation with the Islamic republic. Bondarev commended the accomplishments of Iran's defence industry, especially the changes to the Russian-made S-200 rocket defence frameworks by the Iranian specialists, said media here. The two nations consented to help defence ties on data and air defence strategies, electronic and radar and also rocket frameworks.