Iran says Russian use of air base for Syria strikes over “for now”

August 22, 2016 02:33 pm | Updated 02:34 pm IST - Dubai

Iran said on Monday that Russia has stopped using an Iranian air base for strikes in Syria, a week after Moscow announced that its fighter bombers had flown from a base in Iran to hit targets in Syria.

“Russia has no base in Iran and is not stationed here. They did this [operation] and it is finished for now,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.

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