TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the last say on all state matters, praises Syrian President Bashar Assad for his “resistance” after seven years of war.
“Syria is on the front lines today; it is our duty to defend the Syrian resistance,” Khamenei’s official website quotes him as saying.
“Bashar Assad, the Syrian president, appeared as a great example of resistance and a fighting image; he never hesitated and stood strong: this is extremely important for a nation,” he adds.
Khamenei also hails Iran’s survival as it enters the 40th year since the Islamic Revolution.
“From day one, all major world powers united and acted against us: the United States, USSR, NATO, Arab, and regional reactionaries — they all united. But we survived and prospered.”
Addressing Assad, he says, “If you and we, and other elements of resistance stay determined, the enemy cannot accomplish a single thing.”
— AFP
In this file photo from October 2, 2010, released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Tehran, Iran. (Office of the Supreme Leader, via AP, File)
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