Iran has purchased Russian-made Sukhoi-35 fighter jets, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said on Monday, amid Western concerns about Tehran and Moscow's growing military cooperation. This is the first time an Iranian official has confirmed the purchase of Su-35 jets.

Iran has purchased Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, a high-ranking member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has confirmed. The Iranian Students News Agency reported the statement from Ali Shadmani IRGC engineering firm Khatam-al Anbiya deputy coordinator.

For the first time, an Iranian official has confirmed Western suspicions that Tehran has purchased the Russian-designed Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet. Ali Shadmani, the deputy coordinator of the Khatam-ol-Anbia Central Headquarters and a senior official within the IRGC,