Alwaght- Removal of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian President, from power is Iran’s redline, Dr. Velayati senior adviser to Iran's Leader stated.
In a televised interview, Ali akbar velayati, adviser of Iran’s Leader on international affair, said: “Iran believes that the government of Bashar al-Assad should remain in power until the end of the presidency term and the removal of Assad is a redline for us,”
“The Syrian people are the one who decides on the Syria’s future and the government,” he stressed.
Chairman of the Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research also commented on the policies of the United States in the Middle East, saying Washington has suffered repeated failures in its regional policies.
“At the request of these governments (Iraq and Syria), we support them [in their fight] against terrorists and it is none of Americans’ business to say anything in this regard,” Velayati stated.
He believes Washington is behind the creation of terrorist groups such as the ISIS Takfiri group.
The Iranian official warned that the US seeks to disintegrate Muslim countries so that proxy governments would be formed to support the Israeli regime.
Velayati also emphasized that whether the Americans accept it or not, the time for their presence in the region is over.
Velayati's remarks came after Ram Ben-Barak, the director general of Israel's Intelligence Ministry, called on February 14 for the partition of Syria along sectarian lines.
"I think that ultimately Syria should be turned into regions, under the control of whoever is there - the Alawites where they are, the Sunnis where they are," Ben-Barak said.
Reports say the Israeli regime has spent nearly USD 13 million helping terrorists from Syria over the last three years.
Syria says the Israeli regime and its Western and regional allies are aiding Takfiri terrorists groups operating inside the Arab country.
The Syrian army has repeatedly seized huge quantities of Israeli and American-made weapons and advanced military equipment from the foreign-backed militants inside Syria.
