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Ali Akbar Velayati/ (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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Residents walk near damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
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Iran Reiterates Support for Syria’s Assad
A senior Iranian official has met with the head of the Syrian Regime, Bashar Assad, and pledged unrelenting support for his government in the country’s five-year-old civil war. Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...Caption:
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Opinion: The Ayatollah Looks East and Finds a Void
Foreign officials dealing with Iran since the mullahs seized power have often wondered who is really in charge in Tehran. Chris Patten, a British politician who served as the European Union’s foreign policy point-man, once observed that Iranian officials he dealt with...Caption:
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Opinion: Did Velayati Offer Assad Asylum?
A series of personal messages indicate that Iran has finally decided to host Assad i.e. grant him asylum, and receive him in Tehran as a hero. A statement made by the Supreme Leader’s advisor Velayati when he visited Syria and Lebanon a few days ago formed the basis...Caption:
A picture taken of the screen of a laptop shows a webpage that appears when an Iranian user tries to visit Facebook website which is blocked by the government, on May 13, 2013 in the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
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