Iran deploys S-300 to Fordo nuclear site

Iran deploys long-range missiles to Fordo nuclear site
By Afp
Published: 21:39 GMT, 28 August 2016 | Updated: 21:39 GMT, 28 August 2016
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Tehran has deployed a recently delivered Russian-made long-range missile
system to central Iran to protect its Fordo nuclear facility, state
television said Sunday.

Protecting nuclear facilities is paramount “in all circumstances” General
Farzad Esmaili, the commander of Iran’s air defences, told the IRIB channel.

“Today, Iran’s sky is one of the most secure in the region,” he added.

A video showed an S-300 carrier truck in Fordo, raising its missile
launchers toward the sky, next to other counter-strike weaponry.

The images were aired hours after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave
a speech to air force commanders, including Esmaili, in which he stressed
that Iranian military power was for defensive purposes only.

“Continued opposition and hype on the S-300 or the Fordo site are examples
of the viciousness of the enemy,” Khamenei said.

“The S-300 system is a defence system not an assault one, but the Americans
did their best for Iran not to get hold of it.”

The Fordo site, built into a mountain near the city of Qom has stopped
enriching uranium since the January implementation of a nuclear deal with
world powers.

Under the historic accord, Iran dismantled most of its estimated 19,000
centrifuges — giant spinning machines that enrich uranium, keeping only
5,000 active for research purposes.

Iran and the United States, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia
negotiated for more than two years before signing a historic July 2015
agreement that removed some international sanctions in return for curbs on
Tehran’s controversial atomic programme.