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During the recent visit of Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, on October 16, 1400, Iranian and Russian defense officials negotiated the purchase of 24 all-purpose Sukhoi 35S fighter jets of the Egyptian Air Force. The fighter jets, which the US Air Force has been barred from receiving due to US pressure on the Egyptian government, have provided conditions for Russian Abaron Export to look for potential buyers. If this does not happen, it may force the Egyptian government to accept the risk of sanctions on the use of these fighters.
Egypt is not the only country that has stopped purchasing advanced Sukhoi-35SE fighter jets in order not to face US sanctions. On Wednesday, January 1, 1400, Indonesian defense officials officially announced that they were no longer interested in purchasing eleven Sukhoi-35SE fighter jets, which Russian officials had hoped to supply from Egypt with production Sukhoi-35s. Indonesia's reluctance to buy Sukhoi-35 fighter jets has raised the possibility that the Russian government will eventually accept Iran's offer to buy these fighters in exchange for crude oil and other petroleum products. This will be discussed in the coming days during the visit of Ibrahim Raisi, the current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and a group of defense and government officials to Moscow.