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"We've known about the potential for that system to be sold
to Iran for several years and have accounted for it in all of
our planning," General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S.
military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a news conference.
"The military option that I owe the president to both encourage
the diplomatic solution and, if the diplomacy fails, to ensure
that Iran doesn't achieve a nuclear weapon, is intact."
Moscow's move to provide the surface-to-air missile system to
Tehran, which irked the West and drew protests from Israel,
followed an initial deal under which Tehran would curb its
nuclear activities in exchange for an end to economic sanctions.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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