{"id":2541,"date":"2018-02-15T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T14:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2018-02-15T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T14:51:39","slug":"irans-velayati-defends-presence-syria-urges-us-forces-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/irans-velayati-defends-presence-syria-urges-us-forces-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Velayati defends presence in Syria, urges US forces to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/13940318000629_PhotoI-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/13940318000629_PhotoI-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/13940318000629_PhotoI.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A senior advisor to Iran\u2019s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran\u2019s military advisory presence in Syria is legitimate and based on the invitation of Damascus, and called on the US forces to leave the country.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who said on Wednesday that Iran needed to withdraw military from Syria, Ali Akbar Velayati added: \u201cIran\u2019s presence in Syria was based on invitation of the Syrian government.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThose should leave Syria who are there without the permission of the Syrian legal government,\u201d Velayati was quoted as saying by ISNA, answering a question about Tillerson\u2019s comments.<br \/>\nIran has been offering military advisory support to the Syrian government in its battle against terrorist groups like Daesh and Nusra Front and other terrorist groups.<br \/>\nIran has already said it will leave Syria after the success of the fight against terrorism.<br \/>\n&#8220;Iranian forces entered Syria at the request of the Syrian government in order to help it in the battle against terrorism,&#8221; said Hossein Jaberi Ansari, the Iranian foreign minister\u2019s senior assistant for special political affairs.<br \/>\nRussia has also been conducting airstrikes against terror outfits inside Syria at the Damascus government\u2019s request since September 2015.<br \/>\nThe airstrikes have helped Syrian forces advance against anti-Damascus groups, who have been wreaking havoc in the country since 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior advisor to Iran\u2019s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran\u2019s military advisory presence in Syria is legitimate and based on the invitation of Damascus, and called on the US forces to leave the country. 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