Hamadan Airbase

Since 16 August 2016, the Russian Air Force′s Later in August 2016, Iran's minister of defense Hossein Dehghan clarified that Iran was hosting Russia′s aircraft at the request of the Syrian government and Russia was free to utilise it as long as it was necessary. The following day, on 21 August, he appeared to criticise Russia's actions as rash and self-aggrandizing and was quoted as saying, “Under no circumstances will we ever provide Russians with a military base. They have not come here to stay.” On 22 August 2016, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Russia would stop using the air base for Syria airstrikes "for the time being". ==Population==

The airbase is listed as a village in census documents. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the airbase's population was 7,576 in 2,260 households. The following census in 2011 counted 9,292 people in 2,173 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the airbase as 5,098 people in 1,547 households. It was the most populous settlement in Raheb Rural District of the Central District of Kabudarahang County. ==See also==