Russia has stopped the use of Iran's Hamadan airbase, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said.

The Russian side has yet to issue an official comment on the matter, Sputnik News Agency reported on Monday.

Iran will not transfer control of Hamadan air base, from which Tehran allowed Moscow to carry out strikes against terrorist groups inside Syria, to Russia, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said.

On August 16, Russia used the Iranian base for the first time in its anti-terrorism campaign in Syria. Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers and Su-34 strike aircraft carried out airstrikes against the jihadist groups Daesh and the Jabhat Fatah al Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front, in Syria.

Source: MENA