Azerbaijan, Baku, April 17 / Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Foreign missile defense systems in the Persian Gulf are "fantasies", Chief Commander of the Iranian army, General Ataollah Salehi told journalists during the national army day military parade in Tehran this morning, ISNA reported.
Iran hosted a massive military parade today, as part of celebrating country's National Army day. Many officials, including president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi, Police Chief Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam, along with IRGC's generals and foreign attaches were present at the parade.
"These are all empty promises, as all this plan is intended to do is spend money of the neighboring countries," Salehi said.
The U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clintonearlier at the Persian Gulf-U.S. security forum in Riyadh announced the idea of a missile defense shield in the six Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Speaking about the Syrian issue, Salehi noted that Iran does not have any military connections with Syria, as Iran supports the country with countenance.
"The U.S. will not start another war in Syria as it does not have enough resources," Salehi noted. "This is just noise before the upcoming U.S. presidential elections".