Regional Policy Will Not Change Because of US

The country’s top security official says Iran will maintain its advisory presence in Syria as long as it is necessary and will continue to support resistance groups. 
“Tehran will not accede to US demands for sweeping changes in its unwavering regional policy. So long as the threat of terrorism exists in Syria and that country's legitimate government subscribes to Iran's advisory presence, we will stay in Syria," Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, told Al Jazeera in an interview.
"This is our unwavering policy and is not limited only to Syria," he added, noting that Iran's support for the Palestinians against Israel and for Kuwait after the invasion of the emirate by Iraq in 1990 had roots in the same principle.