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Iran Finalizes Arrangements for Delivery of Russian Fighter Jets

A handout photo made available by the Iranian army office shows Iranian Navy soldiers next to Iran's new warship “Deylaman” during an inauguration ceremony at the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea, Iran, 27 November 2023. (EPA/Iranian army office/Handout)
A handout photo made available by the Iranian army office shows Iranian Navy soldiers next to Iran's new warship “Deylaman” during an inauguration ceremony at the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea, Iran, 27 November 2023. (EPA/Iranian army office/Handout)
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Iran Finalizes Arrangements for Delivery of Russian Fighter Jets

A handout photo made available by the Iranian army office shows Iranian Navy soldiers next to Iran's new warship “Deylaman” during an inauguration ceremony at the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea, Iran, 27 November 2023. (EPA/Iranian army office/Handout)
A handout photo made available by the Iranian army office shows Iranian Navy soldiers next to Iran's new warship “Deylaman” during an inauguration ceremony at the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea, Iran, 27 November 2023. (EPA/Iranian army office/Handout)

Iran has finalized arrangements for the delivery of Russian made Sukhoi su-35 fighter jets and helicopters, Iran's deputy defense minister told Iran's Tasnim news agency on Tuesday, as Tehran and Moscow forge closer military relations.

Iran's air force has a limited quantity of strike aircrafts, including Russian jets as well as ageing US models acquired before the 1979 revolution.

“Plans have been finalized for Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets, Mil Mi-28 attack helicopters, and Yak-130 jet trainers to join the combat units of Iran's Army,” Iran's deputy Defense Minister Mehdi Farahi said, according to Reuters.

The Tasnim report did not include any Russian confirmation of the deal.

In 2018, Iran said it had started production of the locally-designed Kowsar fighter for use in its air force. Military experts believe the jet is a carbon copy of the F-5, first produced in the United States in the 1960s.

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Traffic on French High-Speed Trains Gradually Improving after Sabotage

Workers operate to reconnect the signal box to the track in its technical ducts in Vald' Yerres, near Chartres on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AFP)
Workers operate to reconnect the signal box to the track in its technical ducts in Vald' Yerres, near Chartres on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AFP)
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Traffic on French High-Speed Trains Gradually Improving after Sabotage

Workers operate to reconnect the signal box to the track in its technical ducts in Vald' Yerres, near Chartres on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AFP)
Workers operate to reconnect the signal box to the track in its technical ducts in Vald' Yerres, near Chartres on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AFP)

Traffic on France's TGV high-speed trains was gradually returning to normal on Saturday after engineers worked overnight repairing sabotaged signal stations and cables that caused travel chaos on Friday, the opening day of the Paris Olympic Games.

In Friday's pre-dawn attacks on the high-speed rail network vandals damaged infrastructure along the lines connecting Paris with cities such as Lille in the north, Bordeaux in the west and Strasbourg in the east. Another attack on the Paris-Marseille line was foiled, French rail operator SNCF said.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.

"On the Eastern high-speed line, traffic resumed normally this morning at 6:30 a.m. while on the North, Brittany and South-West high-speed lines, 7 out of 10 trains on average will run with delays of 1 to 2 hours," SNCF said in a statement on Saturday morning.

"At this stage, traffic will remain disrupted on Sunday on the North axis and should improve on the Atlantic axis for weekend returns," it added.

SNCF reiterated that transport plans for teams competing in the Olympics would be guaranteed.