Iran to work with Russia to stop strike on Syria
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country will press
forward with efforts to ward off military action by the U.S. and its allies
against the Tehran-backed regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad Iranian state
TV reported on Thursday. The report said the remarks came late Wednesday during
a phone conversation between Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, chief of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards,
used stronger rhetoric while talking to the Tasnim news website, saying an
attack on Syria would draw in Israel.
President Rouhani said both Iran and Russia would work in
"extensive cooperation" to prevent any military action against Syria.
Rouhani also called such military action an "open violation" of
international laws. Iran has regularly warned the U.S. over possible military
action against Syria by calling it the country's own "red line" as
the U.S. naval fleet takes positions near Syria and President Barack Obama
considers a military response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the
Assad government. Rouhani called for the U.N. to investigate both sides of the
Syrian conflict.
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