Iran’s president-elect has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s support for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and the shi’ite terrorist group Hizbollah.
The country’s official IRNA news agency cited Hasan Rouhani saying that close Iranian-Syrian ties will be necessary to confront “enemies in the region, especially the Zionist regime”.
Mr Rouhani also responded to a congratulatory message from Hizbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the president-elect praised the terrorist group’s resistance against Israel, according to Iran's Mehr news agency.
The incoming Iranian president made reference to Syria’s civil war and voiced the Islamic Republic’s support for the Assad regime.
