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Monday, September 9, 2013
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Monday, September 9, 2013
Tehran backs Russian deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Tehran “favorably welcomes” the Russian plan to place Syria’s chemical weapons under international supervision.
Iran has been a longtime ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, providing him with both munitions and trained soldiers in his battle against the opposition forces.
According to a report by AFP, Marzieh Afkham, a senior diplomat in Iran’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Tehran “the Islamic Republic of Iran favorably welcomes the initiative which aims at halting all military action” against Syria.
Aaron Kalman
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