Iran accuses Russia of lying. A top Iranian general has blamed the Kremlin for not only attacking Syrian rebels, as they initially claimed, but for dropping bombs in the open desert.
According to the American media Business Insiderit is an “unusual break with the diplomatic line between Iran and Syria.” Behrouz Esbati, in his speech, partially blamed Moscow for the fall of Bashar Al-Assad. “We were defeated, and defeated very badly, we received a very big blow and it has been very difficult.”
Esbati, a senior commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Russia then confirmed to Tehran that it was bombing the headquarters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the rebel group that led the overthrow of Assad. But, the general regrets that Moscow “I was aiming for the deserts“.
But he not only attacked Russia for attacking empty deserts. He also accused the Kremlin of “turning off the radars when Israel launched an offensive against Syria in 2024.” “This allowed Tel Aviv forces to act more effectively“.
Furthermore, he “also largely blamed internal corruption for Assad’s fall, saying that Bribes rife among high-ranking officials and generals in Syria“. Although it assumes that “relations between Damascus and Tehran were strained over the last year because the former president rejected an Iranian request to facilitate attacks against Israel in Syria.”
The outlet says it has not been able to verify Esbarti’s claims, but assumes that they “represent an exceptionally frank assessment of Iran’s position on the situation in Syria, where the new leadership is trying to manage Assad’s absence.”
These statements came after a former senior advisor to Assad told the media on Monday Al Arabiyathat the Russian leader Vladimir Putin had stalled military assistance to Syria. “The aid was going to be transported on Iranian planes, but Tehran informed the former president that it had not received any request from Moscow.”
