UN Iran sanctions 'would bar Russian missile sales'

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PARIS, May 20 (AFP): Proposed UN sanctions against Iran's nuclear programme would halt Russia's sale of S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Tehran, Western diplomats told AFP Thursday.
Moscow had already agreed the sale of the missiles, part of an air defence system that observers say would endanger Israel or the United States' ability to carry out air strikes against Iranian targets.
But the delivery has been delayed by Western pressure, and would be forbidden outright if Washington convinces the UN Security Council-including Russia-to approve a new round of sanctions.
"The paragraph of the resolution on the ban on arms sale to Iran includes several categories of weapons, including defensive weapons," said one diplomat.