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Rohani: Iran will accept any elected Syria ruler
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 17 - 09 - 2013

TEHRAN — Iran's President Hasan Rohani says his country will accept anyone as ruler of Syria who is elected by the Syrian people, the official news agency reported Monday.
His remarks carried by IRNA do not signal any change of policy on Syria but mark a shift of emphasis from comments by other Iranian leaders, which have often stressed Iran's support for its ally, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and blamed the West and Israel for the rebellion against him.
“Whoever Syrian citizens vote for to rule their country, we'll agree with it,” Rohani was quoted as telling commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard.
Syria plans a presidential election in 2014, but few in the opposition take the vote seriously or believe it can be held amid the country's civil war.
Opposition groups say they oppose all negotiation with Assad's government unless it is aimed at his giving up power.
Rohani was elected in June promising a more diplomatic approach to the West in negotiations over its nuclear program, which the US and its allies say is aimed at weapons development. Iran says the program is for peaceful purposes.
The new president has stated however that Iran will not give up its right to disputed nuclear activities, nor has he suggested any major rethinking of Iran's alliance with Damascus.
Key nuclear and security matters are under the control of the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and institutions that answer directly to him, including the Revolutionary Guard.
Syria's opposition says the Guard is directly involved in the war on Assad's side. Iran denies this.
“The Guards do not seek military domination over the region,” Rohani said. “It is a mistake by the West, which thinks Iran is after military domination over the region.”
He called on the US military, which has bases in the Persian Gulf, to pull out of the region.
“You, the unsolicited guest in our region, leave the region and then you will see that it becomes heaven.”
On Monday Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country is ready to “resolve the nuclear issue, if the West is serious.” He said Tehran was willing to “build trust” with Washington.
“We are suffering from lack of mutual trust,” Zarif told Lebanese news TV channel Al-Mayadeen.
Rohani and Zarif plan to attend the UN General Assembly in New York later in September. Rohani has suggested it may be an opportunity to move forward in nuclear talks.
In the same meeting, Guard commander Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said, “So far, the enemies' plot for military intervention in Syria has failed. We are hopeful this will continue until the end.” – AP


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