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All Russian sources today reported that it's fake news and that Russia didn't receive orders from Iran for the S-400.
https://www.interfax.ru/world/663202
https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/6493585
Moreover, Iran itself has previously (in 2016) stated that it does not plan to order the C-400 ..
“The Russian side has offered the S-400 systems to Iran,” said the minister, according to Tasnim News Agency of Iran. “But we don’t have plans to purchase them.”
https://news.am/eng/news/342609.html
Fair enough, there is two sides to every coin but actions speak volumes compared to words and Russias track record record regarding arms shipments to Iran is abysmal, down right predatory.
Russia used the national security of Iran as a geopolitical bargaining chip for nine-ish years (if I'm not mistaken) and only when the real threat of litigation via international courts was put into play by Iran did they finally capitulate and honor a deal that should have been completed long ago. I'm open to the idea that the news surrounding a supposed S-400 Iran transfer are riddled with misinformation, sure, but that doesn't exonerate Russia from its past actions whatsoever.