Iran announced that they have deployed the Russian-built S-300 surface to air missile system around its nuclear enrichment facility at Fordow.  The Russians initially sold the system to Iran in 2010, but backed down under pressure from the US and western powers. Following the interim nuclear agreement with Iran in April of last year, the Russians agreed to supply Iran with the sophisticated air defense system. Reuters: "Our main priority is to protect Iran's nuclear facilities under any circumstances," Brigadier General Farzad Esmaili, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' (IRGC) air defense force told state TV. Iran and the six major powers reached a landmark nuclear deal in 2015 aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for lifting nuclear-related sanctions imposed on Tehran over its disputed nuclear work. Enrichment of uranium at the Fordow facility, around 100 km (60 miles) south of Tehran, has stopped since...(Read Full Post)