'Iran will send regular troops to Syria '

tehran - Iran has ordinary soldiers sent to the front in Syria and thus breaks with a more cautious policy in the Syrian civil war.

Iran, according to the Financial Times (FT) on Saturday his army for the first time deployed overseas operations since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. This is shown by the recent death of Iranian troops in Syria.

Tehran has since the war broke out in Syria in 2011, but discreet members of the elite Revolutionary Guards deployed. The guard is separate from the armed forces.

The FT reported that Tehran is nervous about Russia's policy. That would be willing to drop the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Russia Assad soldier saved from extinction, but would also be political without him. Shiite Iran sees Assad a last bulwark against Sunni rebels receiving support from countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar.