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IRANIAN ENVOY: SYRIAN PROTESTERS BACK ASSAD
The Daily Star , Lebanon
Nov 1 2011
BEIRUT: Iranian Ambassador Ghazanfar Roknabadi said Monday that the
Syrian people calling for reforms support the regime, adding that
the campaign against Syria was a Western attempt to strike one of
the supporting pillars of the resistance.
Roknabadi's statement followed a meeting with Tashnag Party head Hovig
Mekhtarian and MP Hagop Pakradounian with whom he discussed the latest
political developments in the region and bilateral relations between
Iran and the Armenian party.
According to Roknabadi, Iran stands by the rightful demands of peoples
especially in Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine and Syria.
"We support demands for reform in Syria, but everyone knows that the
Syrian people calling for reforms support the regime and believe that
these reforms will be carried out by President Bashar Assad," he said.
He added that the campaign against Syria is not concerned with
democracy and human rights but rather an attempt by the West to strike
an important pillar that supports the resistance.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily
Star on November 01, 2011, on page 3.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Nov-01/152763-iranian-envoy-syrian-protesters-back-assad.ashx#axzz1cPTWBAth
The Daily Star , Lebanon
Nov 1 2011
BEIRUT: Iranian Ambassador Ghazanfar Roknabadi said Monday that the
Syrian people calling for reforms support the regime, adding that
the campaign against Syria was a Western attempt to strike one of
the supporting pillars of the resistance.
Roknabadi's statement followed a meeting with Tashnag Party head Hovig
Mekhtarian and MP Hagop Pakradounian with whom he discussed the latest
political developments in the region and bilateral relations between
Iran and the Armenian party.
According to Roknabadi, Iran stands by the rightful demands of peoples
especially in Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine and Syria.
"We support demands for reform in Syria, but everyone knows that the
Syrian people calling for reforms support the regime and believe that
these reforms will be carried out by President Bashar Assad," he said.
He added that the campaign against Syria is not concerned with
democracy and human rights but rather an attempt by the West to strike
an important pillar that supports the resistance.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily
Star on November 01, 2011, on page 3.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Nov-01/152763-iranian-envoy-syrian-protesters-back-assad.ashx#axzz1cPTWBAth