Revolutionary Guards: fighting in Syria to protect Iran

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Iranian Revolutionary Guards Brigadier Grgi Zadeh said of what he called defenders of religious shrines did not go to Syria to defend Syrian President Bashar al - Assad , but to defend the existence ofIran .

Zadeh said he should not be waiting for the arrival of what he described as enemies to his country's borders, but must pursue them where they are, describing the fighting in Syria Palmtouhhan creature of the United States and Israel.

He said the defenders of religious shrines have made ​​a significant change in theSyrian army , pointing out that Syria 's secular army and was formerly prevents the establishment of prayer in the camps did not fire any bullets toward Israel, he said.

It is noteworthy that Iran has incurred huge losses in the military leadership to fight them alongside the Syrian regime. Estimates indicate the deaths of nearly three hundred Iranian military in Syria since October / October last through what it calls confrontations with "Takfiri groups during their defense of religious shrines."

The advertising and media in Iran almost daily deaths of members of the armed forces and the Revolutionary Guard and the popular mobilization ( Basij ) in different parts of Syria, and the Syrian armed opposition confirms the presence ofIranian fighters on all the fronts.

In early May / May last, the Iranian news agency reported that the parliament passed a law allowing the government to grant citizenship to the families of foreigners who fought "for the benefit of the country", which means that the possibility of entry into force of this law on the fight in favor of Iran in Syria and Iraq.