Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed the hope that the US would prove honest in its new approach which annuls its earlier declaration of war on Syria.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei expressed the hope that the US would prove honest in its new approach which annuls its earlier declaration of war on Syria, but meantime, underlined that Iran continues to pursue the regional developments thoroughly and vigilantly.
"We hope that the new US approach on Syria will be serious and far from political games," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing Iranian Hajj officials in Tehran on Wednesday.
"If so, it will mean that the US is returning from its self-centered and wrong approach (that it had adopted) in the last few weeks," he added.
Ayatollah Khamenei also blasted the US and its allies for threatening Syria with military attack, and said, "They even embark on setting fire and trampling other countries and nations' interests for their alleged national interests which are, in fact, the interests of the Zionists and the big capitalists."
His eminence stressed that Tehran is following the regional developments attentively and vigilantly.
Imam Khamenei pointed out "that the U.S. is crushing the rights of other countries, while supporting the interests of the Zionists, enemies of humanity, and that of capitalists who do not feel a minimal commitment to the accepted human values and morals."
Moreover, Imam Khamenei said that "takfiri groups and some mercenaries are pouring oil on fire to ignite the strife between Shiites and Sunnis:
"Enemies of Islam are aware of that the Israeli entity is breathing a sigh of relief by provoking discord among Islamic sects," his eminence elaborated.
His remarks came after US President Barack Obama said Monday he will stop a US plan to strike Syria if the country agrees with the Russian proposal to hand over its possible chemical stocks to international control.
Obama said the Russian proposal could lead to a "breakthrough," but added that the US will maintain pressure on Syria by continuing his push for Congress to authorize military action.
Media reports suggest that even international allies of the United States are skeptical of Obama’s war plan in the Middle-East.
Recent polls show that the majority of Americans oppose any US military action against Syria.
The call for military strike intensified after the militants operating inside Syria and the foreign-backed Syrian opposition claimed on August 21 that hundreds had been killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds in the Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar. The Syrian government has strongly denied the claim, accusing the militants of the attack.
