Russia to stop Syria strikes from Iran base

A bold assertion of their deepening friendship came a few days back when Iran let Russian Federation use its Shahid Nojeh airbase near Hamedan to launch airstrikes on terrorists in Syria.

Last week, Russian Federation announced that its Tu-22M3 bombers carried out combat missions in Syria from Iran's Hamadan airfield.

"It was a specific, authorised mission and it's over for now", Bahram Ghasemi, spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry, told reporters in Tehran on Monday.

Meanwhile, chairman of the Iranian parliamentary committee on foreign policy and national security Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that Russian military aircraft in Iran are only allowed to refuel at the Hamadan airbase in accordance with existing agreements.

On Tuesday, Russia struck targets in Syria with bomber aircraft based in Iran, the first time that had happened. No foreign power has based forces in Iran since World War II.

USA says it is unsure whether Russia's use of the base has definitively stopped. "This means Russian Federation will be able to implement its plans in cooperation with Iran, which enjoys authorization by the Supreme National Security Council, to use an Iranian airbase for refueling its aircraft", Taraqi noted.

"Iran has brought the powerful Russian Federation along... due to its need to cooperate with Syria" in the fight against jihadists, added Shamkhani.

Last year, Russian Federation said it had gotten permission beforehand from Iraq and Iran to use their airspace, but didn't announce that ahead of the launch.

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Later on Monday, US officials said it was not clear whether Russian Federation had actually stopped using the base. The news that Russian warplanes were flying from the Islamic republic shocked Iranians and sparked criticism from some parliamentarians.

But others say Tehran and Moscow have made it clear to the West that they can unite to support the Syrian regime without the help of Washington and the West.

Russian Federation state news media had been trumpeting the deal as a sign that its partnership with Iran was deepening. "They just don't want the world to know that they are contributing to the deaths of thousands of Syrian civilians", said the US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

On Monday, the Iranian defense minister, Brig.

Iranian officials confirmed Russia's presence a day later.

Iran unveiled its new missile defense system, Bavar 373, on Monday, a system created to intercept cruise missiles, drones, combat aircraft and ballistic missiles.

"It hasn't stopped", he said, adding that Tehran and Moscow were united in their "fight against terrorism".


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