Iranian official warns terror supporters in middle east

An Iranian official has warned against the repercussions of continued support for terrorists in Syria, saying playing the card of terrorism is tantamount to playing with fire.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian parliament speaker’s special advisor on international affairs, warned against certain efforts aimed at saving terrorists during a meeting with Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari in Tehran on Wednesday.

He stressed that intra-Syrian dialog is the best political solution to the conflict that has gripped the Arab country for nearly six years.

“Tehran will continue its effective support [for Syria] until a political solution is achieved” in the Arab country, he said.

Amir-Abdollahian also felicitated the Syrian government and nation on the recent liberation of the city of Aleppo.
Russia, Iran and Turkey said last week they were ready to help broker a peace deal after holding talks in Moscow, where they adopted a declaration on agreed steps to revitalize the political process to end the Syrian crisis.

The three countries agreed that the priority in Syria was to fight terrorism and not to remove the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.