Israeli defence chief blasts Russia-Iran ******* sale deal
 

Jerusalem, April 14 (IANS) Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Tuesday slammed a Russian decision to lift a ban on selling an advanced missile defence system to Iran as a "direct result" of a framework nuclear agreement reached between six world powers and Tehran. "The S-300 deal we're hearing **w, which is in fact the Russian approval to resume transactions they suspended in recent years, is a direct result of the framework agreement reached in Lausanne," Ya'alon said during a visit to army units in **rthern Israel, according to a statement by his ******. "This is something we warned about before any agreements were made," the minister added, saying that Iran is instigating instability in the Middle East by passing ******* to Syria, to the Shia Hezbollah organisation in Leba**n and to Palestinian organisations like Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, as well as the Houthi rebels in Yemen. "Iran continues to arm Hezbollah and transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to Hamas," Xinhua news agency quoted the minister as saying in the statement.

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