Actually, neither of these reports is the reality.
Iran requested the Russian presence.
Iran has not `withdrawn permission'.
Use of the airfield by the Russian contingent is still available, just not required at present.
When it is, they'll return.
The U.S. is crowing, right now, on the assumption that there is some form of conflict here.
There is none.
Iran and Russia enjoy a level of interoperability that will never be extended to the U.S.
The U.S. begged, repeatedly, for the use of an Iranian airfield in 2001, for their Afghan campaign, and that request was repeatedly denied.
The U.S. is now all happy-happy, over a philosophy of convenience, but that's how their media operates, basically, isn't it?
Oh, for the golden days of Obama and Clinton!
https://www.juancole.com/2017/01/dropped-majority-countries.html
Specific to the Iranian request factor:
http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2016/8/24/6612/
http://en.alalam.ir/news/1853498
And there are plenty of other references in the same vein.
Try CNN or Fox.
They may have an opening.
Actually, neither of these reports is the reality.
Iran requested the Russian presence.
Iran has not `withdrawn permission'.
Use of the airfield by the Russian contingent is still available, just not required at present.
When it is, they'll return.
The U.S. is crowing, right now, on the assumption that there is some form of conflict here.
There is none.
Iran and Russia enjoy a level of interoperability that will never be extended to the U.S.
The U.S. begged, repeatedly, for the use of an Iranian airfield in 2001, for their Afghan campaign, and that request was repeatedly denied.
The U.S. is now all happy-happy, over a philosophy of convenience, but that's how their media operates, basically, isn't it?