Iran: US troops ‘wrong from start, source of tension’
Iran says the US military presence in the region has been "wrong and a source of tension” after President Donald Trump announced plans to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, Press TV reported.
"From the start, the entry and presence of American forces in the region has been a mistake, illogical and a source of tension and inflammation, and a main cause of instability and insecurity," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday.
It is noted that the United States currently has around 2,000 forces deployed in Syria in two areas along the Turkish and Iraqi borders.
“A detailed study of the history of the region's developments over the past decades also shows that the presence of an external element under various excuses in this sensitive and important area has had no result except tension, insecurity, and escalation of differences,” Qassemi said.