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U.S. forces should quit Syria immediately, Iran president say – Metro US

U.S. forces should quit Syria immediately, Iran president say

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a video conference call
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a video conference call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in Tehran

(Reuters) – The illegitimate presence of U.S. forces in Syria should end immediately, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a video conference broadcast on Iranian state TV on Wednesday.

Iran would continue its support for Syria’s legal government, Rouhani said.

(Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Alex Richardson)