17 Apr 2024
Saturday 10 October 2015 - 16:08
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Iran consulted ahead of Russia’s air raids on Syria: Larijani

Iran consulted ahead of Russia’s air raids on Syria: Larijani
Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani says consultations were held with Iran ahead of the ongoing Russian airstrikes against the positions of foreign-sponsored Takfiri terrorists in Syria.

“It is early to judge Russia’s attacks on terrorists’ positions in Syria. Of course, consultations were already held with Iran about a coalition to fight terrorists,” Larijani said in a joint press conference with Marshal of Poland’s Senate Bogdan Borusewicz in Tehran on Saturday.

He added that the air raids have been carried out with precision so far.

Russia began its military campaign against terrorists in Syria on September 30 upon a request from the Damascus government shortly after the upper house of the Russian parliament gave President Vladimir Putin the mandate to use military force in Syria.

Russian air force jet fighters have reportedly destroyed numerous vehicles, command posts, communication centers, fuel and ammunition depots, plants used for making bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs), as well as several training camps, all used by Daesh.

Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on October 4 that the coalition of Iran, Russia, Syria and Iraq must succeed or the entire Middle East region will be destroyed.

“We are certain that this coalition will succeed,” Assad said in an interview with the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network.

Iraq, Iran, Syria and Russia have formed an intelligence-sharing center in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in their fight against Takfiri terrorists wreaking havoc mainly in Syria and Iraq.

Criminal Daesh group

Borusewicz said Daesh is a criminal group and added that he held very constructive and fruitful talks with the Iranian Majlis speaker about ways to fight the terrorists.

He added that only countries in the Middle East should find solutions to the ongoing crises in the region.

He emphasized that ground should be prepared for an agreement among all political movements in Syria.

For more than four years, Syria has been grappling with deadly militancy which it blames on some foreign countries, including its northern neighbor, Turkey. Around 250,000 people have lost their lives and millions more have been displaced.

By Press TV
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