Tehran expects Russia to deliver Su-35 fighters in two months says Iranian MP

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% :Russian media reports have indicated Iran could acquire from 24 to 60 of the 4++ generation Su-35 fighters.
56% : Russia and Iran are growing closer in their relationship.
54% : Rob Schleiffert, cc-by-sa 2.0Russian Su-35 fighter jets ordered from the Kremlin by Tehran should arrive in Iran at the start of the next Persian calendar year (starts March 21), Shahriyar Heydari, a lawmaker who is a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis), has informed Iranian news agency Tasnim.
53% : In another look at the prospective Su-35 deal, 19fortyfive wrote last August: "Iran wants new jet fighters as it is depending on Cold War-era designs such as the American F-14 Tomcat and the Soviet Su-22 Fitter.
51% : An analysis by Can Kasapoglu -- a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute and the director of the Security & Defense Research Program at EDAM -- published by National Interest on January 6 cautioned: "Taking advantage of Russia's growing reliance on low-cost Iranian weapons amidst its stumbling campaign in Ukraine, Iran is now set to procure dozens of Russian Su-35 aircraft.
48% : Contemporary military transactions between Tehran and Moscow have unveiled a new geopolitical episode.
46% : Heydari was also quoted as saying by Tasnim that Iran has placed orders with Russia for missiles and helicopters and other defence systems "and most of these weapons will soon enter the country".
44% : The speculation is that Moscow gave the final nod to the provision of Su-35s to Iran partly in gratitude to Tehran for supplying hundreds of combat drones tht the Russians have used to attack Ukraine.
41% : There is no firm information on whether Iran has, or is prepared to, supply the Russian armed forces with ballistic missiles.
33% : An Su-22 just crashed in Iran this month.

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