Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani denied reports that Iran has made a military base available for the Russian forces, stressing that none of the Iranian bases is at disposal of any foreign country, Tasnim reports.
Speaking at an open session of the parliament on Wednesday morning, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, a member of the national security and foreign policy commission, took the podium to voice outrage at reports of Russian bomber jets using one of Iran’s western airbases for flying to Syria.
The lawmaker referred to Article 176 of the constitution, and said the deployment of Russian warplanes to the Noje Airbase near the city of Hamedan violates the constitution.
He also criticized Russia’s inconsistent foreign policy over the past years, saying all powers just care about their own interests in their foreign policies and have proved to be against Iran whenever the country has faced a challenge.
In reply, Ali Larijani underscored that “no base has been given to the Russian military forces.”
The speaker noted that Tehran and Moscow work in cooperation to settle the regional problems, particularly in Syria, but Iran has not made any base available for the Russians.
