TEHRAN – The commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base has announced that the Russian made S-300 missile defense system, which was recently delivered to Tehran, will go operational by the end of the current Iranian year, which ends on March 20, 2017.

“The S-300 air defense system is being mounted and deployed,” Farzad Esmayeeli said Friday, Fars reported.

He reiterated that the “strategic” S-300 defense system will monitor the country’s skies alongside tens of other defense systems every minute.

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