Sputnik - In an extensive interview�published�by�the Mehr news agency, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of�Iran�s Supreme National Security Council, said that Tehran would continue providing assistance to�Syria as�long as�Damascus needs its help in�fighting terror.
�We reject interference in�the internal affairs of�other countries, and of�course we do not allow anyone to�interfere in�our internal affairs. So, at�the request of�the governments of�Iraq and Syria, we went to�these countries and fought Daesh* and Nusra Front [Jabhat Fatah al-Sham]�, he said.


The senior official noted that instead of �exporting terrorism to�Syria�, Western nations should let the Syrian people decide their future.

Shamkhani�s wide-ranging interview was published the same day that Israel announced it had conducted a second air raid against alleged Iranian targets in Syria in two days.