Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Russian planes left Iranian air base Aug 18 — Iran's Security Council

Russia’s military aircraft left Iran’s Shahid Nojeh airbase in Hamedan on Thursday, August 18, as planned, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani told the Mehr news agency on Tuesday.


"Russian fighter jets were not supposed to stay at the airbase, rather they were scheduled to stay until Thursday and then return home; they left on Thursday according to the schedule and not due to pressure from other countries," the Iranian National Security Council secretary said.


"Other countries were caught by surprise at our strategic cooperation with Russia," Shamkhani said. According to him, none of them could realize their plans to break the siege of Aleppo. Shamkhani said that "terrorists were drawing their last breaths in a particular region in Syria", despite the support from the United States and a number of states of the region, and it is necessary to use this opportunity for achieving "a decisive and permanent victory for the Syrian nation."

  • Commenting on the situation in Aleppo, the Iranian National Security Council chief said that the ground operations there are planned with the participation of Iranian military advisers and need air support. 

"We have Russia for the airstrikes alongside the ground operations devised by our own military advisors and that is indicative of power and authority," Mehr quotes Shamkhani as saying......More: http://tass.com/defense/895515
23/8/16
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