Iran trying to meddle in Syria’s affairs

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Pro-Iranian elements of the old al-Assad regime are still trying to incite hatred, protests and fights in Syria, non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council Omer Ozkizilcik says.   #Syria #Iran

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00:00The former head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Mohsen Reza today said the Syrian resistance

00:06will be revived in less than a year. Is this an indication of Iran's plans for Syria in

00:13the future?

00:14Yes, definitely. As you have stated earlier, many of these protests that were organized,

00:20we know actually who these people are. While some watchers outside who did not follow Syria

00:26on a professional level may not know them, people who know Syria and have followed Syria

00:31professionally know that they had close relations with Iran. What we see is that not the pro-Russian

00:38but the pro-Iranian elements of the Assad regime are still trying to incite some hatred,

00:43trying to get up some demonstrations, some protests, have some clashes, fighting, some

00:49resistance. And this indicates, and we have seen points like that, an Iranian Shia cleric

00:54had called the people to behead anyone who is trying to enter the regions of the Alawites.

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