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Iran pledged strong support for Syrian President Bashar Assad on Tuesday, accusing the United States of ?warmongering? and promising to back Assad?s crackdown against rebels of the Syrian uprising. According to the BBC, Iran?s security chief Saeed Jalili said during a meeting with Assad that ?Iran will not allow the axis of resistance, of which it considers Syria to be an essential part, to be broken in any way.?
The meeting follows a weekend incident during which 48 Iranian religious pilgrims were kidnapped outside Syria?s capital city of Damascus. Iranian media reported on Monday that three of the pilgrims have been killed. Iran?s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian blamed the incident on Syrian rebels and United States intervention.
?Because of the U.S. manifest support of terrorist groups and the dispatch of weapons to Syria, the U.S. is responsible for the lives of the 48 Iranian pilgrims abducted in Damascus,? he said, according to the Guardian.
Source : bbc
