Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has said that the crisis in Syria can be resolved if the shipment of weapons to the country is stopped.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei has said that the crisis in Syria can be resolved if the shipment of weapons to the country is stopped.

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks during a meeting with a number of Iranian hajj officials in Tehran on Monday.

“If opposition groups in a country are armed from outside, the ruling government will naturally deal with them,” Ayatollah Khamenei stated.

He added, “If opposition groups in Syria lay down arms, there will be a possibility to ask the government to listen to the views of opposition groups and allow them to declare their stance.”

The Leader also said that truth about the Syrian issue is that the hegemonic bloc is seeking to destroy a link in the chain of resistance in the region, which is a neighbor of the occupying Zionist regime.

“Iran has adopted a clear stance toward the developments in Syria,” his eminence noted.

Ayatollah Khamenei commented on the necessity of strengthening unity between Shiites and Sunnis, noting that disagreements between the two groups “have unnaturally increased over the past few years, which illustrates that the intensification of disagreements is being imposed on the Muslim community.”