‘Syria targeted for its anti-Israel front’

“There is currently a political uproar in the international arena” regarding Syria, Larijani told reporters on Tuesday after a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Mohammad Jihad al-Laham in Tehran.

“The issue has two aspects, part of which is related to the democratic reforms in Syria and the other one is about a conspiracy organized in the region and world against Syria to weaken this resistance force against the Zionist regime (Israel),” he added.

Iran’s top lawmaker said all regional countries should have a democratic structure, adding that certain countries in the region who themselves had despotic governments have been engaged in a plot to undermine Syria’s resistance against Israel by military interference.

He said Iran supports democratic movements in Syria, but reiterated that “reforms cannot be implemented through weapons or explosions.”

The Syrian official, for his part, thanked Iran for its ‘fair’ stance on Syria and said the US along with certain Western ‘mercenaries’ seek to impose their objectives on Syria under the pretext of supporting democracy.

Laham criticized certain regional countries for claiming to advocate freedom and democracy in Syria, while lacking a democratic government themselves.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. The violence has claimed the lives of many people, including security forces.

The West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing protesters, but Damascus blames ‘outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups’ for the unrest, asserting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.

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