Iran to Buy Su-35 Fighter Jets From Russia: Iranian Broadcaster

Iran to Buy Su-35 Fighter Jets From Russia: Iranian Broadcaster
Sukhoi Su-35S jet fighters of the Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights) aerobatic team perform during the MAKS 2021 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on July 25, 2021. Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters
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DUBAI—Iran has reached a deal to buy advanced Su-35 fighter planes from Russia, Iranian state media said on Saturday, expanding a relationship that has seen Iranian-built drones used in Russia’s war on Ukraine.

“The Sukhoi-35 fighter planes are technically acceptable to Iran and Iran has finalized a contract for their purchase,” the broadcaster IRIB quoted Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York as saying.