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Tue, 07/22/2014 - 13:56
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Iran wholeheartedly supports Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine: Supreme Leader’s advisor

TEHRAN,July 22(MNA) – Iran, as the most influential country in the region, wholeheartedly supports Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine, the Supreme Leader’s foreign policy advisor said in an interview with the Mehr News Agency published on Sunday. Alik Akbar Velayati also said that Iran has helped legal governments in Iraq and Syria consolidate their positions, Iran does not hide the fact that it supports these countries, Velayati added. Velayati, who is also the director of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council, said that the Syrian government’s victories in its campaign against terrorists are due to the Iranian people’s support. Elsewhere in his remarks, Velayati pointed to the Islamic Republic’s support for the Palestinians and said that Iran, as a Shia majority country, has made sacrifices and has come under pressure by the Zionist regime’s allies in order to help save Palestine, which is a Sunni majority country.

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