Iran says reached deal to buy advanced Russian fighter jets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : According to reports earlier in the year, Iran had placed an order for 24 of Russia's most advanced jets along with other military hardware, including air defence systems, missile systems and helicopters.
52% : Iran finalised the contract to buy those planes," it said.
50% : Reports suggest that Moscow has bought several hundred drones from Tehran, with another 1,000 ordered.
48% : "Moscow is ready to deliver the fighter jets to Iran," the country's mission to the United Nations was quoted as saying in the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
43% : Iran's drone and missile advances in recent decades have been primarily driven by a lack of air power, which Tehran is now looking to rebuild with the new Russian jets deal.
36% : In the past, Russia has been wary of giving Iran a military edge in the region, but that has changed due to Moscow's global isolation over Ukraine and increasing reliance on Iran.

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