Jarba, president of the Syrian National Coalition, has sought to overthrow
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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for the past three years. Earlier this month Jarba visited Washington and shared a podium with U.S. Secretary of State John F.
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.
Jarba is not running against Assad in a June 3 presidential vote but Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian hit out regardless.
"In our opinion, when it comes to politics, Ahmad Jarba is a weak person ... he is the most inappropriate person for the future of Syria," the official IRNA news agency quoted Amir Abdollahian as saying.
"He does not know who to meet in his foreign meetings," he said, referring to talks between Jarba and Maryam Rajavi, head of the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran (PMOI), who lives in exile.
The leftwing PMOI, took up arms against Iran's rulers after the 1979 Islamic revolution. Tehran holds the organization responsible for murdering thousands of Iranian civilians and officials.
Shiite Iran is a staunch supporter of Assad's regime, which has been battling mostly Sunni rebels who have been trying to oust him.
Amir Abdollahian, meanwhile, said a parliamentary delegation would travel to Syria to monitor the vote count.
Last week, the speaker of the Syrian parliament, Mohammad al-Lahham invited "friendly countries" to send observers, without identifying the nations by name.