On Wednesday, Senior Iranian officials said that Syria was a topmost foreign policy priority and US troops should pull out, as planned by U.S. President Donald Trump. see here
“Whether they want to or not, the Americans must leave Syria,” Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said.
“Now 90 percent of Syrian soil is under the control of the government and the rest will soon be freed by the Syrian army,” Velayati added during a meeting with Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem in Tehran.
The west fear that Trump’s plan to remove about 2,000 soldiers from Syria will surrender to influence Tehran, which has backed President Bashar al-Assad in the nearly eight-year war, and also allow Islamic State militants to regroup.
President Hassan Rouhani said that of importance is the security of Syria. Speaking to Moualem, Hassan said “One of the important regional and foreign policy goals of the Islamic Republic is the stability and complete security of Syria”
Quoting the president Hassan, Tasnim said,
“And establishing normal conditions in Syria and the return of the people of this country to their normal lives.”
This happened in Tehran where Moualem was in for negotiations before the meeting of leaders from Russia, Turkey and Iran in the Russian Black Sea resort town Sochi on Feb. 14 over Syria. Iran has expanded its missile program, particularly its ballistic missiles, in defiance of opposition from the United States and expressions of concern by European countries.
Tehran says the program is purely defensive.
The European Union said on Monday it was gravely concerned by Iran’s ballistic missile launches and tests, and urged it to stop activity that deepens mistrust and destabilizes the region.