"The Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran underlines its total support for the Syrian people and government," Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, according to Iran's official IRNA news agency.
He said Western and Arab nations "that support the insecurity and instability in Syria are responsible for any aggravation of the crisis in Syria."
Amir Abdollahian said Iran continues to believe in a "political solution" based on reforms agreed to by
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Light of the Alawites...
In a separate interview to Russian media picked up by the Iranian daily Kayhan, the deputy foreign minister said: "The troubles in Syria are happening with the backing of the United States, European and Arab countries with the massive delivery of weapons to the country."
Iran, the principal Middle East ally of Assad's government, has denied U.S. allegations it is sending arms to Syria to help put down the uprising there.
It has also voiced its opposition to any military intervention in Syria.
A diplomatic clash is brewing over the situation in Syria among U.N. Security Council members. Russia and China have already twice vetoed resolutions condemning the violence.
U.N.-Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
peace envoy Kofi Annan
...Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh and so far the worst Secretary-General of the UN. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for something or other that probably sounded good at the time. In December 2004, reports surfaced that Kofi's son Kojo received payments from the Swiss company Cotecna, which had won a lucrative contract under the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Kofi Annan called for an investigation to look into the allegations, which stirred up the expected cesspool but couldn't seem to come up with enough evidence to indict Kofi himself, or even Kojo...
left Damascus
...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world...
on Sunday without managing to secure an accord to end bloodletting in Syria, as fighting raged in major flashpoints leaving dozens more dead.