Velayati Felicitates Bashar al-Assad On Presidential Election

Tehran, June 14, IRNA – Secretary General of the World Assembly of the Islamic Awakening, in a message to President Bashar al-Assad, said that Syrian people showed their firm determination in the presidential election. He reaffirmed he was confident that with wise leadership of Bashar al-Assad, Syria will pass the crisis and the way of resistance against Zionism will move even more smoothly than past. Velayati said that enemiesˈ conspiracies were thwarted again. He continued that Syrian people, with their epic presence in a free election, showed the world that it is only Syrian people who can determine their own fate. ˈI am honored to felicitate election of your Excellency as president of Syria and I wish increasing success for you and progress for Syria,ˈ said Velayati./end