After receiving the S-300 missile systems from Russia and being armed with the Iranian-made Bavar-373 similar system, Iran will have no need for additional air defense systems.

That is why the defense ministry of the country plans to focus on negotiations with Russia for the purchase of the Sukhoi (Su) military aircrafts, said Hossein Dehghan, the Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran, speaking to Iranian TV, reported TASS news agency of Russia. 

“We [i.e. Iran] need to strengthen the air force,” he added.

In Dehghan’s words, the Bavar-373 long-range mobile air defense system will undergo extensive tests in the near future.