Baku, Azerbaijan, March 5
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan says Tehran will continue to provide “full support” for Russian air strikes in Syria.
Dehqan has said that Iran’s cooperation with Russia in the Islamic Republic’s Nojeh air-base concerning Syria will go on as long as required, Fars news agency reported.
However, he denied that Iran has handed over its Nojeh air-base in northwestern province of Hamedan to Russia.
According to the minister, Iran through its northwestern air-base provides the services that Russian aircraft need to reach Syria.
Earlier in August 2016, long-range Russian Tupolev-22M3 bombers and Sukhoi-34 fighter bombers used Nojeh airbase to launch air strikes against armed opposition groups in Syria.
The development sparked controversy in Iran as the critics suggested that the decision to allow foreign forces to use the country’s military base was against the constitution.