Damascus has always been Tehran's main ally in the fight against Israeli power. After the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the Iranian authorities remain calm about the continuation of this alliance.
A “new resistance» against Israel will emerge in Syria despite the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad, said a senior Iranian official close to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Bashar al-Assad's Syria has for decades been a close ally of Tehran and a key member of its “axis of resistance», which brings together armed groups around Shiite Iran united in their opposition to Israel, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah or the Palestinian Hamas. On December 8, following a lightning offensive, Syrian rebel forces led by a radical Sunni group captured Damascus and ousted President Assad from power.
«Not only has the resistance (against Israel, editor's note) not weakened, but with the occupation of Syrian territories by the Zionist regime, a new resistance has been born and will manifest itself in the years to come», Estimated the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Ahmadian, quoted Monday evening by the official Irna agency. The latter is a close advisor to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has been in power since 1989.
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Ali Khamenei said on December 22 he predicted “the emergence of a strong and honorable group” of resistance in Syria. It is unclear whether his remarks implied resistance to Israel or a toppling of the coalition in Syria, which ended half a century of Assad family rule.
His advisor also assured Monday that his country had not changed its nuclear doctrine, after Iran raised at the end of November the possibility of acquiring atomic weapons if the Europeans reimpose sanctions. The official made the statement during a meeting with Oman Foreign Minister Badr al-Boussaidi, whose country has long played a mediating role between Iran and Western countries, particularly the United States. United. The Iranians defend the right to nuclear power for civilian purposes, particularly for energy, and deny wanting to acquire atomic weapons, which Western countries doubt. Iran accepted increased surveillance from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in December, in return for its decision to sharply increase the rate of production of highly enriched uranium.
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