According to the Russian world arms trade and Analysis Center Web site on Oct. 13 reported that China recently is unlikely to sell to Iran’s latest HQ-9 long-range air defense missile system. However, once the arms embargo against Iran in the future to be lifted, HQ-9 is expected to enter the country.
At present, Iran and Russia may not resume large-scale in the field of military technology cooperation, China has in fact fully compete with Russia and Iran have weapons markets. At the same time, taking into account that Beijing is fully capable of military equipment to Iran to implement the maintenance of Russian weapons systems, China’s position in the Iranian arms market is also expected to be further consolidated. In other words, Chinese enterprises have the ability not only to maintain Iran’s active duty combat capabilities of Russian weapons systems, but also to provide new technology and equipment.
At that time, China wants to occupy the Iranian arms market dominant position on the weapons and equipment alone are not able to achieve. Some media about China and Iran have been on the provision of HQ-9 air defense missile systems to negotiate the reports were not true.
This is because, like China and Russia, have signed the United Nations Security Council arms embargo on Iran Resolution No. 1929. In fact the resolution of the embargo covers all conventional weapons, including tanks, armored vehicles, large caliber artillery, combat aircraft, military helicopters, warships, missiles and related accessories.
It should be noted that, although China had sold the weapons in many countries, but we can not doubt their will to the embargo by the UN Security Council countries weapon systems.
On the Iranian issue, the Beijing agreement if the destruction of the embargo will not be getting any benefits. In fact, regardless of which country would support Iran’s nuclear program. In addition, Iran is not China’s strategic ally in the Middle East. China’s allies in the region, but Pakistan (which receives about half of China’s military exports.)
Another sale to Iran of impeding the Chinese HQ-9 factors are: China will not undermine the good relations with Russia. Chinese HQ-9 modeled on the Russian production of S-300 system, its exports of Iran will no doubt lead to strong dissatisfaction with the Russian military industrial enterprises, which may hinder the future of Russian and Chinese access to advanced weapons systems.
Russian officials had clearly announced that it will not fulfill previously signed with Iran S-300PMU-1 air defense missile systems sales contract, for which Russia will be returned to Iran to pay $ 166,800,000 have been the first payment.




Frequently hold military exercises near Iran’s external “Sword”, and made public a variety of new weapons to demonstrate defense hard power, which one called “Storm” helicopter gunship is especially noteworthy. Israeli media that the armed Iran, despite the US-made helicopters “Cobra” helicopter “cottage Edition”, but its operational performance is worse than than the original.