Tehran: 
Russia sent the first shipment of the S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran, according to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari. Last weekend, Zamir Kabulov, a senior level official at the Russian Foreign Ministry said: “I don’t know if this will happen today, but they [S-300 missiles] will be loaded [for shipment to Iran].”
“I should announce today that the first part of this equipment has arrived in Iran and delivery of other parts will continue,” said this morning (Monday) Ansari.
Iran has been waiting for this shipment from Russia for more than eight years- ever since Iran signed a deal with Russia in 2007. The deal was frozen shortly after the signing. Russian President Vladimir Putin cancelled the suspension on the deal following the nuclear agreement that was reached between Iran and the world powers.