A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) dismissed Vladimir Putin’s claim that Russia relocated 4,000 pro-Iranian fighters from Syria to Tehran after President Bashar Al-Assad’s fall.
“A large number of Iranians have been living in Syria for a long time, and Russia relocated most of them to Iran. These were not Iran’s advisory forces; we withdrew our advisory forces from Syria ourselves,” said Mohammad Jafar Asadi, deputy commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters.
“We do not allow Russia to relocate our military forces,” he added.