MOSCOW. May 31 (Interfax) - Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said he does not have information about Russia's alleged refusal to supply the S-400 air defense missile systems to Iran.
"I don't have such information," Peskov told journalists, responding to a request to comment on a relevant media article.
He called for a cautious attitude toward articles in the media.
Bloomberg said earlier that Russia had refused to sign a contract on S-400 systems with Iran. The news agency cited several sources, including an unnamed high-ranking Russian official.
Commenting on this information, an informed Russian source told Interfax that Iran has not asked to buy Russian S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems.
"Iran has not filed a request for buying S-400. Russia continues to cooperate with Iran in servicing S-300 systems, which were supplied earlier. These commitments are being met to the fullest extent," the source said.
Kremlin aide for military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin (now a Federation Council member) said in March 2018 that Russia would build a service center for the S-300 air defense missile systems in Iran.
Russia completed its contract to ship the S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran in 2016. These are defensive systems which do not fall under the UN Security Council restrictions. Iran paid Russia around $1 billion for the deliveries, Rostec chief Sergei Chemezov told Interfax earlier.
Head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) Dmitry Shugayev told Interfax in August 2017 that Russia does not have any new military-technical cooperation contracts with Iran.