Iran has taken possession of Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries as Tehran rapidly moves to rebuild defensives destroyed by Israel during their recent 12-day conflict, sources have told Middle East Eye.
The deliveries of Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries occurred after a de-facto truce was struck between Iran and Israel on 24 June, an Arab official familiar with the intelligence told MEE.
Another Arab official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive intelligence, said that the US’s Arab allies were aware of Tehran’s efforts to “back up and reinforce” its air defences and that the White House had been informed of Iran’s progress.
The officials did not say how many surface-to-air missiles, or SAMs, Iran had received from China since the end of the fighting. However, one of the Arab officials said that Iran was paying for the SAMs with oil shipments.
yeah nobody over there is naive enough to think israel and the us won’t attack again.
Hell yeah, China.
it’s just weapons deals lol not like this is altruism or something.
Russia was refusing to sell Iran anti air defense systems and fighter jets. Iran was trying for quite a while to get their hands on the S400 anti air missiles. Russia was gladly offering them to India and Turkey but didn’t want to sell them to Iran.
