Iran

The website Nour News, denied the report that Russia demanded the pro-Iranian militias to withdraw from military positions in Syria. Iran denied the claims concerning strikes on Iranian military targets in Syria and claimed that Iran maintains a presence of advisers in Syria, based on the request of the government of Syria. Iranian freight flights to Syria have persisted, despite the repeated strikes on airports in Syria. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad stated in Tehran that the decision to start the last round of conflict with Israel from the Gaza Strip was taken solely by the organization, and Iran was not involved in the decision. Read more...

A senior Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officer was killed in Syria. Iran condemned the American strikes carried out against targets belonging to pro-Iranian militias in Deir Ezzor, eastern Syria. A delegation made up of give IRGC commanders arrived in late August to Syria . The Commander of the IRGC, declared that is insufficient and ought to be bolstered, alongside the ground fighting capability against Israel. Salami argued that the West Bank ought to be armed as well, and that this process is already ongoing. Read more...

Iranian leadership condemned the latest Israeli operation in Gaza (“Breaking Dawn,”) and stressed the Islamic Republic’s continued support for the Palestinian “resistance” and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) organization. The senior Hamas leader, Khaled Mashal, claimed in an interview to al-Jazeera channel that Hamas’ departure from Syria following the civil war in country has not affected the relationship of the movement with Iran, and that this relationship was never broken. He clarified, however, that the relationship with Tehran does not affect Hamas’ decisions, which are taken independently. Read more...

The Syrian deputy foreign minister met in Tehran with the first deputy of the Iranian president. The Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC, paid a secret visit to Syria to discuss the future of the Iranian entrenchment in Syria. The report was not confirmed by any other sources. The Commander of the IRGC’s Qods Forcearrived for a visit to Baghdad. The Secretary General of Palestinian Islamic Jihad visited Tehran. Read more...