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Iran to Ignore Demands of Syrian Opposition to Withdraw Foreign Militias

© REUTERS / MORTEZA NIKOUBAZLMembers of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran.
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran. - Sputnik International
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The demands of the Syrian opposition to withdraw Hezbollah and Iranian militias from Syria are "mean and weak," Iran will not consider them, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Ansari told Sputnik on Wednesday.

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"We will not consider these claims and respond to them, as these are mean and week statements of the parties, which brought upon themselves, the Syrian people and the entire Middle East region misery and woe, one after the other," Ansari said.

Ansari accused those making such calls of being biased.

"We do not consider these statements [as they] do not correspond to reality. We try our best with our partners of Russia and Turkey to put an end to this misery and begin a new phase of life in Syria, whose people have the full right to decide the future of the country," he added.

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