Spokesman: Iran has not sent arms to Syria
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, July 17, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi said Iran has not sent any arms to Syria.
Referring to recent remarks of Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari concerning possibility of carrying Iran's weapons to Syria through Iraq airspace, Araqchi said Iraq government has inspected a number of Iranian airplanes randomly so far and has declared officially that they had no military equipment on board.
He added that in some cases, the Iraqi officials stated that cargo of the Iranian airplanes have been food and medical items.
The spokesman continued that baseless claims of dispatching weapons by Iran to Syria is being made by those who are training and arming terrorists and unlawful groups in Syria to fight against people and government of that country and are acting against will of international community to find a political solution in Syria.
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