TEHRAN – Iran has never entered a proxy war with Saudi Arabia in Syria, Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad has said, reiterating Tehran’s long-held policy that Iran just helped the legitimate government in Syria to fight Daesh (ISIL).

Unlike the U.S., Iran entered Syria with invitation and permission, Baeidinejad told the Oxford Union late on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

He also pointed to the Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), describing it as an “unimaginable achievement”. 

Let's compare the JCPOA with Trump’s agreement with North Korea which is just a two-page document, he added.

MH/PA