UNITED NATIONS (Dispatches) -- Iran has finalized a deal to purchase Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, Iran’s mission to the United Nations told Russia’s Sputnik news agency on Friday.  “Following the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988, Iran asked a bunch of countries to review the possibility of selling fighter jets to Iran and Russia said it was ready for their sale,” it said.   “The Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets are technically acceptable to Iran. So after October 2020 and the end of Iran’s restrictions on conventional weapons purchases (based on the UN Security Council Resolution 2231), Iran has finally agreed to buy them,” it added.

The diplomatic mission, however, did not specify the exact time that the deal was reached, nor the time Russia would deliver the fighter jets to Iran. It gave no more details about the deal as they are classified.