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Syria news – Iran is in direct contact with the new leadership of Syria – UNIAN
Iranian officials say Tehran is trying to “prevent a hostile trajectory” between the countries.
Iran is in direct contact with the new leadership of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime, trying to “prevent a hostile trajectory” between the countries. Several senior Iranian officials said this in comments to Reuters.
They say Tehran is seeking diplomatic avenues to reach what one official described as “those in Syria's new ruling groups whose views are closer to Iran's.”
“The main concern for Iran is whether Assad's successor will push Syria away from Tehran's orbit, a scenario Iran is keen to avoid,” another official said.
Another interlocutor of the publication noted that…
