TEHRAN – Russia will open a special service center in Iran offeringafter-sale assistance for air defense systems, Russia’s Presidential Aidefor Military Cooperation Vladimir Kozhin said.link>

“We are creating a special service center in Iran, where we supplied ourair defense equipment,” Kozhin said, Vestnik Kavkaza website reported onMonday.

He further said that the military-technical cooperation to create Russianservice centers “will be definitely developed.”

Iran took delivery of the S-300 defense missile system in July 2016.

The Iranian military successfully tested the Russian-made surface-to-airdefense system in March 2017.