IBTimes: Iran denies sending troops to defend Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria
The Iranian government has denied sending troops to help shore up the faltering regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria, despite long-standing rumours that Iranian forces are in the country.
At a weekly press briefing in Tehran foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said reports on "the military presence of countries friendly to Syria" were "unfounded," according to French news agency AFP.
Iran has long supplied financial and political support to Assad as well as military advice but Afkham said Syria did not need help from Iran in fighting off Isis, rebel forces and other groups. "The Syrian government and people have the capacity to resist and will continue to do so", she insisted.
Update: Iran Denies Having Soldiers in Syria -- Haaretz
WNU Editor: Officially .... Iran is denying that they are sending soldiers to fight in Syria (see above video). But at the same time they are also .... officially speaking .... requesting volunteers to go and fight in Syria .... Iran: General Urges Recruits to Fight in Syria as Assad Stumbles (Arutz Sheva). The problem for Iran and for their allies in Syria is that the Syrian regime is losing soldiers and they need replacements .... more to the point .... the Syrian government has already requested 100,000 fighters from Iran .... Another clear sign the Assad regime is getting desperate (Business Insider). I suspect that this is a "bridge too far" for Iran .... and sending 100,000 soldiers will make their claims of not sending soldiers hypocritical at best. My prediction .... expect Iranian "requests" for volunteers to go and fight in Syria to increase in the coming weeks/months.
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