IRNA – Chief of staff of Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri in a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart General Valery Gerasimov on Saturday condemned US missile operation against Syria and called it decisive violation against an independent state and underlined that fight against terrorism will continue and intensify.


General Baqeri also offered his condolences on the occasion of recent terrorist incident in St. Petersburg and wished success, honor and health for the Russian nation, government and armed forces.

In the conversation, the two top generals condemned US missile attack against Syrian military air base and called it decisive and clear violation against an independent state, which by pre-planned program with the aim to slow down the trend of the Syrian army and its allies' victories and strengthen morale of terrorists and their supporters.

The two sides also underlined firm intention of Iran and Russia in fight against Takfiri terrorists and added that this confrontation will continue and intensify.

They added that the two countries believe Syrian proposal to hold an inspection and research by a neutral group to find out the truth of horrible incident of Khan Sheikhoun and declare it for world public opinion.

The top generals underlined continuation of cooperation between Iran and Russia with the Syrian government until the full defeat of terrorists and their supporters.