Iran

Russia has halted the sale of the S-300 air defense missile system. Iran claimed it will break ground on a new nuclear facility in March 2011. Iran threatened reciprocal sanctions against Russia and China.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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