Iran’s Concerns about Assad’s Fall

NCRI – The clerical regime expressed concern over the formation of regional encompassing front against its accomplice, the Syrian dictator.  This concern was reflected widely in the regime’s media. They wrote, it seems that recent incidents in Syria are not internal affairs any more and have got wide international dimensions. As such, the government of Bashar Al-Assad will face immense global pressures and chances are that necessary psychological, political and propaganda grounds for a military intervention will ensue, state-run web site Aser Iran reported August 8.

Admitting the brutality of the Syrian dictator against his own people, a state medium added, 2000 individuals have been killed since the beginning of the uprisings five months ago…. Even Mededev warned Assad against his brutality and stated that if he continues his present behavior, he will face a tragic ending. He threatened that if the situation resumes in the same way, some “decisions” will be made about Syria.

Expressing worries about the consequences of Syrian dictator’s fall, this state medium wrote, “Preventing Damascus from fall is very necessary because otherwise the regime will be weakened and will lose its upper hand in maneuvering and bargaining power in regional equations and can put Iran’s friends in Lebanon in a weak position.