07.11.2026 02:20
It was alleged that Iran requested long-range S-400 air defense systems from Russia. According to a claim in the British press, Iran's religious leader Mojtaba Khamenei sent Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei to Moscow with a personal letter and conveyed his request to Russian President Vladimir Putin. While the Tehran administration was said to be optimistic that the systems would be delivered, it was also alleged that Russia agreed to provide Iran with 90 missile launchers.
The UK-based newspaper The Telegraph made a striking claim regarding military cooperation between Iran and Russia.
In the report, citing an unnamed Iranian official, it was claimed that in yesterday's meeting in the capital Moscow between Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei and Russian President Vladimir Putin, he raised the issue of supplying Iran with Russian-origin long-range S-400 air defense systems.
KHAMENEI SENT A PERSONAL LETTER TO MOSCOW
It was noted that Iran's religious leader Mojtaba Khamenei sent Rezaei to Moscow with a personal letter, and that at the center of the letter was the request to supply long-range S-400 systems. It was recorded that the Tehran administration is "optimistic" that Putin will deliver the long-sought S-400 air defense systems.
The claim in question contradicts US President Donald Trump's statements that Russia is not helping Iran in any way. Meanwhile, the Financial Times, in a separate report, claimed that Russia had agreed to supply Iran with 90 missile launchers that can be mounted on helicopters.
"CONSTRUCTION OF A NATURAL GAS PIPELINE FROM RUSSIA TO IRAN WAS DISCUSSED"
In his statement regarding his Moscow contacts, Rezaei said that in his meeting with Putin, topics related to "important regional issues, the post-war environment and regional security arrangements" were discussed. The Iranian official also stated that the construction of natural gas pipelines from Russia to Iran was discussed at the meeting, and that in this way Iran could both address the country's natural gas deficit and sell Russian gas to neighboring countries.