Rasa - Ali Younesi , a top assistant to the Iranian President and a former Intelligence Minister, underlined that the permission to the Russian fighter jets to refuel and carry out anti-terrorism flights from Hamadan base in Western Iran was important and a correct step.

Rasa – The presidential especial aide on the affairs of ethnicities and religious minorities, Hujjat al-Islam Ali Younesi , has noted that Islamic Republic of Iran finds itself duty-bound to support the freedom of religious minorities.