Parliament Speaker's Advisor:

Iran to Continue Sending Military Advisors to Syria

Rasa - Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that the country will continue dispatching volunteer military advisors to Syria and Iraq.

News ID: 424629

Date: 28 October 2016 - 19:07

RNA - "Iranian military advisors play a crucial role in campaign against terrorism in regional countries, specially Iraq and Syria," Amir Abdollahian said on Friday.

He reiterated Iran's resolve restore security and peace to the region, and said, "Iran believes in political settlement to the regional and international crises and has never spared efforts in this respect."

Amir Abdollahian reiterated that certain military advisors who were helping the Iraqi and Syrian governments at the request of those countries were killed while fulfilling their missions in those countries.

On Wednesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi blasted certain western countries for supporting terrorism in Syria and Iraq, and called for a halt to their financial and logistical supports for the terrorist groups.

"We are calling on sponsors of terrorism that lend financial and military support to Takfiri terrorists to stop their support and instead take steps towards a real fight against terrorism," Araqchi said, addressing a conference in the city of Mashhad in Northeastern Iran.

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