I think that the question of Sunburns in Iran is open to debate. Russia has said publicly that the sale of the Sunburn is tied directly to the sale of Sov class DDG's.
Also, the US has stated very clearly to Russia that any sale would scuttle the debt forgiveness deals that the US has made with Russia, as well as the CTR program (Nunn-Lugar).
In 1995, Jane's repeated a rumor that originated in Israel that Ukraine sold 8 Sunburns to Iran for $450,000 each.
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May 1995
A senior Israeli defense official tells the Israeli daily newspaper the Jerusalem Post that Israel was aware of and protested Ukraine's sale of eight SS-N-22 missiles to Iran several months ago. A middleman representing a US arms dealer proposed to buy the missiles from the Ukraine, but states that his deal fell through and that Iran ended up paying $450,000 for each missile.
—Alon Pinkas, "Ukraine sold missiles to Iran despite protest," Jerusalem Post, 14 May 1995, p. 2, in Lexis-Nexis, <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/>.
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This report was denied by Ukraine,
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May 1995
Ukraine Ambassador Ivan Maydan denies accusations that Ukraine sold Iran eight SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship cruise missiles for $450,000 each.
—International Security Digest, May 1995, cited in Agence France Presse International News, 14 May 1995, cited in "Ballistic, Cruise Missile, and Missile Defense Systems: Trade and Significant Developments, March 1995-June 1995," Nonproliferation Review, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Fall 1995, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 161; IRNA (Tehran) 17 May 1995, cited in "Ballistic, Cruise Missile, and Missile Defense Systems: Trade and Significant Developments, March 1995-June 1995," Nonproliferation Review, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Fall 1995, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 161.
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http://www.nti.org/e_research/profil...1788_1810.html
So even if the reports are true, what are we really talking about? 8 missiles that are over ten years old, and probably have a questionable service record.
There is a lot of hype about these on the Net, with some sites even trying to claim they are nuke tipped and aimed at Israel! Lol. I don't think so...
BTW, the reports that I have seen on the tests of the RAM and ESSM against supersonic CM's were 161/168 for the RAM and 149/150 for ESSM.