Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday called on Syrians to rise up against the rebels who overthrew Tehran's puppet dictator Bashar al-Assad. Khamenei claimed that the rebel attack that ended the Assad dynasty's 50-year rule was organized and directed by the United States and Israel.
Khamenei said At a meeting of religious leaders in Tehran, young Syrians rejected the “destabilization” caused by rebels and called for the overthrow of the government led by al-Qaeda splinter Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). It was stated that they would soon organize to do so.
“A young Syrian has nothing to lose. His university is dangerous, his school is dangerous, his home is dangerous, his streets are dangerous, his life is dangerous. What should he do? Khamenei must stand strong and firm against those who orchestrated this unrest and those who carried it out. We will defeat them,” Khamenei said.
Dissident news agency Iran International harshly criticizes observed On Sunday, there is no sign that the “young Syrians” are doing anything like that.
Iran's International News Agency said: “Despite the dire situation painted by Khamenei, there have been no significant developments in Syria since the current leadership took control of Damascus, with the exception of tensions between Turkish-backed forces and the Kurds in the north. There are no reports of any incidents.”
The same goes for first post. noticed When Iranian President Assad was in power, huge numbers of Syrians danced in the streets. discharged From Damascus on December 8th.
“According to UNICEF, young people make up about a third of Syria's population. Given that, it is reasonable to assume that they played an important role in these demonstrations. Their active participation will collectively suggest a sense of relief and optimism for the future,” Firstpost noted.
Khamenei angrily denied that Assad was a vassal of Iran or that Iran had any “proxy” forces in the Middle East.
“They always say that the Islamic Republic has lost its proxies in the region. This is also false!” he shouted, referring to the tremendous destruction that had occurred.
“The Islamic Republic has no proxy forces. Yemenis fight for their faith. Hezbollah fights because their faith gives them the strength to fight. Hamas and Jihad fight because their beliefs compel them to do so. Because there isn't,” he argued.
“They are not our agents. If we want to take action one day, we don't need proxy forces,” he argued.
Khamenei's comments struck many observers as a desperate effort to distance Iran from a losing group in which it usually boasts leadership.
Iran International reported that in September, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi boasted of Iran's “unlimited support” to “resistance fronts” across the Middle East, saying that Israel had not “achieved its main goal of annihilating Hamas.” He pointed out that he was mocking him.
Hamas is looking for Recently Hezbollah has been increasingly destroyed almost eliminated And now Iran's large investments to prop up the Assad regime are gone. The main reason for this was that the Syrian rebels felt that Iran was no longer in a position to protect Damascus after the destruction of its proxies in Lebanon and Gaza.
Yemen's Houthi terrorists are the only Iranian proxies that have not suffered devastating losses since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: blackmailed The idea is to deal with the Houthis in the same way that Israel destroyed other Iranian “weapons of terror” following the Houthi ballistic missile attack on a playground in Tel Aviv.
“Not only the United States, but also other countries like us, see the Houthis as a threat not only to global shipping but also to the world order,” Netanyahu said.
“Just as we acted forcefully against Iran's Axis of Evil terrorist organizations, we will act with force, determination and sophistication against the Houthis,” he said.
In his remarks on Sunday, Khamenei insisted that Iran's power was undiminished by a year of carnage by proxies and that it remained determined to “resist” the United States and Israel. He also threatened dire consequences for Iranians looking for an opportunity to rise up against their oppressive government.
“The fool smells like a kebab,” he raged. “Anyone who chooses to serve the Americans at home will be trampled upon by the Iranian people.”
