Republic Of Iran - Iran Defense Minister Says Nato Missiles Harm Turkey Security Reuters

DUBAI Sat Dec 22, 2012 2:46am EST

DUBAI (Reuters) - The set up of Patriot anti-missile batteries provided by NATO members to be able to bolster Turkey's defenses versus some sort of doable missile episode through Syria will only damages Turkey's security, Iran's defense minister was cited seeing that saying on Saturday.

NATO approved Turkey's obtain for any atmosphere security system prior this month, within a move designed to quiet Ankara's fearfulness involving being make through Syrian missiles.

Iran has highly reinforced it's Arab ally President Bashar al-Assad involving Syria because they effort to hold back a 21-month-old uprising alongside their rule. Tehran opposes that assembly connected with NATO missiles because Western interference from the district in addition to possesses mentioned it could possibly result in a "world war.

"The set up with Patriot missiles throughout Turkey takes on absolutely no role throughout creating Turkey's security this also causes harm to the country with Turkey," Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi explained on Saturday, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA). "The West provides always pursued its views in addition to pastimes in addition to many of us differ using the company of Western nations around the world with local interactions."

Vahidi additionally said that will Iran is usually teaching Syrian allows to help combat that rebels, ISNA reported. Iran accepts itself, Syria's rulers and also the actual Lebanese Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah during a good "axis involving resistance" against U.S. along with Israeli electricity in the Middle East, but offers waived accusations who's supporting Assad militarily.

"Syria features zero fact that the actual coaching regarding it has the causes by simply the actual Islamic Republic involving Iran, due to the fact Syria carries a successful navy which will offers equipped themselves for direction when using the Zionist program (Israel)," Vahidi said.

(Reporting by Yeganeh Torbati; Editing by simply Lisa Shumaker)