Iran ready to allow Russian warplanes to use again Hamadan Airbase
December 5, 2016
Last week, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan said that Tehran could allow Russia’s use of the Noje Airbase in Hamadan for the aerial campaign against terrorists in Syria if the situation demanded it. If the situation and conditions [in Syria] demand to provide the support, we will do this job” Dehghan said.
The Russian Aerospace Forces may need to use the Hamadan airbase if the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft-carrying cruiser deployed to the Mediterranean is far from the Syrian coast and cannot be used for airstrikes, said Viktor Ozerov, the head of the Defense and Security Committee of the upper house of the Russian parliament.