Russia has stopped using the Iranian air base for strikes in Syria. This was announced from Tehran a week after Moscow announced that its bombers took off from a base in Iran to strike targets in Syria.

“Russia has no base in Iran and is not stationed here. They did this (operation) and it is finished for now,” said the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi, quoted by Reuters.

We remind that Russian bombers Su-34 and strategic bombers Tu-22M3 used Noje air base near the city of Hamadan in North Iran to carry out air strikes last week. This action highlighted the increasingly closer relations between Moscow and Teheran.

The deployment of Russian aircraft was the first time that a foreign power used an Iranian base from the Second World War. It attracted criticism by some Iranian parliamentarians, who said that violates the Constitution of the Islamic Republic.

Defense Minister of Iran Hossein Dehgan rejected criticism but also chided Moscow for the promotion of the move, describing it as one-upmanship and betraying the trust.

“We have not given any military base to the Russians and they are not here to stay,” said Dehghan.

He added that there is no written agreement between the two countries and the operational cooperation is temporary and limited to refuel.

Later, the Russian ambassador in Tehran said, quoted by “Interfax” that all Russian troops have left the Hamadan air base.

Further use of the base from Russia will be after bilateral agreement and will depend on the situation in Syria, told the media the official representative of the Defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov.