Iranian diplomacy spokesman, Esmaeil Baqaei, countered the false information that the Persian country would be behind the clashes and massacres: ‘The accusation is completely ridiculous and rejected’
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the said on Monday (10) that “nothing justifies” violence against minorities in the including the Alauíta community to which the deposed president belongs former ally of Tehran, and denied any involvement of the country at events. Iranian diplomacy spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei countered press information accusing the country of being behind acts of violence in Syria, which left hundreds of dead.
“The accusation is completely ridiculous and rejected, and we believe that pointing to the accusing finger to Iran and friends of Iran is a mistaken action, a tendency to divert and 100% misleading,” the spokesman told a news conference. According to a balanced balance by the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH), which has a wide network of sources in Syria, 973 civilian civilians, to which former President Assad belongs, have been killed by the “security forces and allied groups” since Thursday.
At least 481 members of the Pro-Assad security forces and fighters died in the fighting, according to the OSDH. The authorities did not disclose a balance. The Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that “nothing justifies attacks against Alauitian, Christian, Drudges and other minorities, which caused a deep shock between public opinion, both in the region and at the international level.”
Four decades ago, Iran has maintained narrow ties with Syria, a multiethnic and multirreligious country that was ruled on a century by Hafez al-Assad and then by his son Bashar. The latter was deposed in December by a coalition led by the Radical Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), a former Syrus of Al-Qaeda.
Violence exploded after an attack on March 6 by Bashar Al-Assad supporters against security forces near Latakia, the country of the west of the country and the cradle of the Alauite minority, branch of Shiite Islam from which the Assad family descends. Authorities have sent reinforcements to support the operations of security forces against pro-Assad combatants.
*With information from AFP
Posted by Victor Oliveira
