Attacking Syria is attacking Iran: Velayati
A senior Iranian official has praised Syria’s logistic support for Lebanon's resistance group Hezbollah during the Zionist regime’s 33-day war, saying an attack on Syria is regarded as a strike against Iran and its allies.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, told Mehr news agency on Saturday “If Syria had not provided logistical support for Hezbollah, Hezbollah and Hamas would have failed to achieve victory in Zionist regime’s 33-day and 22-day war.”
The Israeli regime waged a 22-day war on the densely populated Gaza Strip in 2008, which left more than 1,400 Palestinians martyred including at least 300 children.
Forces with the Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah also defended Lebanon against Zionist invaders during the 33-Day war in 2006 and Tel Aviv was compelled to withdraw its troops without having achieved any of its objectives.
Velayati further said that Syria plays a “very fundamental and key” role in promoting resistance in the region.
He emphasized that Western countries and reactionary regional states, which oppose resistance against the Zionists, attacked the “golden resistance chain” by waging an war on Syria.
The senior Iranian official reaffirmed the country’s foreign policy on support for Palestine, the Lebanese resistance, Syria and a popular government in Iraq.
Source: irib.ir
