'Iran: Majority of Syrians still support Assad'
By JPOST.COM STAFF 02/06/2012 20:04
Syria Muslim Brotherhood accuses Tehran of providing weapons to Assad regime, likens Syrian government to Nazis, AFP reports.
Syria's Assad, Iranian President Ahmadinejad By Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters

Iran said that Tehran supports Syria today more than ever because the "majority of Syrians still support the [Syrian] regime," Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said according to Hezbollah-affiliate Al Manar. Roknabadi said this support was "proven" despite Western and Arab media attempts to distort the reality on the ground. Roknabadi denied, however, reports that the Islamic Republic was providing the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad with military support via weapons or personnel in order to suppress protests calling for Assad's ouster, according to the report. His comments come after Syria's Muslim Brotherhood accused Iran of being complicit in the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters in Syria, according to AFP, in a civil conflict that has resulted in the deaths of more than 6,000 people.

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