The Financial Times has reported that Iran has signed a secret arms agreement with Russia worth €500 million ($589 million).
The newspaper reported on Sunday night, February 22, that the agreement was signed in Moscow last December. Russia commits to deliver 500 portable Verba launch systems and 2,500 9M336 missiles to Iran over three years.
According to the report, the deliveries will be carried out in three phases from 2027 to 2029.
The negotiations and conclusion of the contract took place between Russia’s state arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, and a representative of Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics in Moscow.
According to the Financial Times, Tehran formally requested the systems in January last year.
In June of the same year, U.S. forces targeted three of Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes carried out concurrently with Iran’s response to Israel.
