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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 257 

Expressing concern regarding arms transfers to Iran and Syria by the Russian 

Federation and entities in the Russian Federation and urging the President of the United States to implement sanctions against such entities 

found to be in violation of United States law prohibiting arms transfers 

to Iran and Syria. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 13, 2007 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. PENCE, Mr. WEXLER, and 

Mr. GALLEGLY) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing concern regarding arms transfers to Iran and 

Syria by the Russian Federation and entities in the 

Russian Federation and urging the President of the 

United States to implement sanctions against such entities found to be in violation of United States law prohibiting arms transfers to Iran and Syria. 

Whereas arms transfer agreements between the Russian Federation and Iran from 2002 through 2005 have been valued in total at $1,700,000,000 and arms transfer agreements between the Russian Federation and Syria over 

the same period have been estimated at over 

$800,000,000; 

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Whereas the Russian state-owned arms selling agency, 

Rosoboronexport, has sold and delivered to Iran 30 antiaircraft missile systems (known as the ‘‘Tor M1’’ missile), worth over $1,000,000,000; 

Whereas Russia has agreed to upgrade Iran’s MiG-29 fighter 

aircraft and Su-24 jets, the latter aircraft having the capability to carry nuclear weapons; 

Whereas reports indicate that Syria has test-fired a Russianbuilt ‘‘Scud D’’ short-range ballistic missile with a range 

of 440 miles; 

Whereas in January 2007, Valery Kashin, chief of the Engineering Design Bureau (KBM), a leading defense enterprise in Russia, stated that Russia had met all of its 

commitments under a 2005 contract to supply Syria with 

Strelets antiaircraft missile systems; 

Whereas it has been reported that Russia plans to sell S–300 

missiles to Iran and Su-30 fighter jets to Syria via 

Belarus and that Russia is planning to provide Syria 

with Iskander missiles and MiG-29 fighter jets; 

Whereas reports indicate that Syria recently entered into an 

agreement with Russia worth $730,000,000 for over 50 

‘‘Pantsyr-S1E’’ self-propelled short-range gun and missile 

systems and that Syria has agreed to supply Iran with 

at least 10 of the purchased systems; 

Whereas in June 2007 it was reported that Rosoboronexport 

may start delivery of 5 MiG-31E fighter jets to Syria, 

under a deal estimated to be worth $1,000,000,000; 

Whereas according to a 2003 unclassified report of the Central Intelligence Agency to Congress, ‘‘Russian entities 

during the reporting period continued to supply a variety 

of ballistic missile-related goods and technical know-how 

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to countries such as Iran . . . . Iran’s earlier success in 

gaining technology and materials from Russian entities 

helped to accelerate Iranian development of the Shahab3 MRBM, and continuing Russian entity assistance has 

supported Iranian efforts to develop new missiles and increase Tehran’s self-sufficiency in missile production.’’; 

Whereas Iran and Syria are the most active state sponsors 

of terrorism in the world and reports indicate that they 

have provided the organizations known as Hezbollah and 

Hamas with weapons, as well as financing, training, and 

political support; 

Whereas Hezbollah and Hamas have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the United States Department of State since 2001, and as specially designated 

global terrorist organizations since 2002, with Hezbollah 

and Hamas bearing responsibility for the murder of dozens of United States citizens; 

Whereas reports indicate that, during the conflict between 

Israel and Lebanon in the summer of 2006, Iran and 

Syria provided Hezbollah with weapons that included 

Russian-built anti-tank rocket-propelled grenades and 

Russian-made missiles such as the Kornet AT–14 that 

were used by Hezbollah to attack Israel; 

Whereas military experts claim that Hezbollah extremists 

have accumulated 10,000 to 15,000 rockets, mostly Soviet 122mm BM–21 artillery projectiles, known by the 

term ‘‘Katyusha’’; 

Whereas reports indicate that arms continue to be smuggled 

out of Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon; and 

Whereas transfers of arms to Iran and Syria by the Russian 

Federation and Russian entities therefore pose a threat 

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to peace and stability in the Middle East: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That Congress— 

3 (1) expresses strong concern over Russia’s con4 tinued arms sales to Iran and Syria, which are state5 sponsors of terrorism; 

6 (2) urges the Government of Russia to imme7 diately cease the sale and transfer of arms to Iran 

8 and Syria; 

9 (3) urges the President of the United States to 

10 use the authority available to the President to imple11 ment sanctions on Russian entities engaged in arms 

12 sales to Iran or Syria under the Iran, North Korea, 

13 and Syria Nonproliferation Act, the Iran-Iraq Arms 

14 Non-Proliferation Act of 1992, and Executive Or15 ders 13094 and 13882; and 

16 (4) urges the Government of Russia to play a 

17 constructive role in establishing peace and security 

18 in the Middle East. 

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