Iran blames Israel, U.S. for overthrow of Assad’s regime
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the U.S. and Israel for the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.
“There can be no doubt that what has happened in Syria is the result of a joint American-Zionist plan,” Mr Khamenei said on Wednesday in the capital Tehran, according to state radio.
Mr Khamenei said Iran had evidence to back up its accusations.
“A neighbouring government of Syria also plays a role,” said the 85-year-old, apparently an allusion to Turkey, which supports rebels in northern Syria.
“But the main planners are the US and the Zionist regime,” Mr Khamenei said.
After a lightning offensive, rebels in Syria, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), overthrew Mr Assad on December 8.
Syria’s former government was a key ally of Tehran.
(dpa/NAN)
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