Syria is paying the price for its support for Iran: cleric

TEHRAN,July 21(MNA) – The leader of this week’s Friday prayers in Tehran said that Syria is paying dearly for its support for the oppressed people of Palestine and the Iranian nation. Commenting on the attack that took place in Syria on Wednesday in which Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajha and several other officials were killed, Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami told worshippers that terrorist actions cannot compel Syria to retreat from its stance.