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203830
Sat, 08/27/2011 - 13:54
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Iran Deplores US Interference in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi lashed out at the US President's interfering remarks on Syria in which Barak Obama called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign.
"Syria is an independent country. International conventions do not allow [other] countries to adopt an interfering stance towards another country," Salehi said.
"The US still considers itself the world's police," he told MNA, adding that these statements should not be taken seriously.
"If these comments were effective, they (the US) would have resolved the issue of Afghanistan," the Iranian minister underscored.
The remarks by the Iranian foreign minister came after in a statement issued on August 18 by the White House, US President Barack Obama called on Assad to step down.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March with demonstrations held both against and in support of President Assad's government.
Hundreds of people have been killed when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes between alleged protesters and state security forces as well as organized attacks by armed gangs against Syrian police forces.
"Syria is an independent country. International conventions do not allow [other] countries to adopt an interfering stance towards another country," Salehi said.
"The US still considers itself the world's police," he told MNA, adding that these statements should not be taken seriously.
"If these comments were effective, they (the US) would have resolved the issue of Afghanistan," the Iranian minister underscored.
The remarks by the Iranian foreign minister came after in a statement issued on August 18 by the White House, US President Barack Obama called on Assad to step down.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March with demonstrations held both against and in support of President Assad's government.
Hundreds of people have been killed when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes between alleged protesters and state security forces as well as organized attacks by armed gangs against Syrian police forces.
