As she said that Iran, Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government were bad for the region, US envoy to the United Nations, Susan Rice described the mediating role of the Islamic Republic in Syria as “nefarious”.

As she said that Iran, Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government were bad for the region, US envoy to the United Nations, Susan Rice described the mediating role of the Islamic Republic in Syria as “nefarious”.

The alliance of Iran, Lebanese Hezbollah and Assad's government, which represent the axis of resistance against the Zionist entity “is bad for region,” Rice told NBC television on Thursday.

"They view this as an axis of resistance along with Hezbollah, so there is no question that Iran is playing a nefarious role, not only in Syria but more broadly in the region, actively supporting the Assad regime," she said.

"One of the reasons why we are quite clear that the end result must be and will be the departure of Assad, is because this alliance, so to speak, is bad not only for Syria, but it is bad for the region and bad for our interests."