[[{"content_id":"310432","domain_id":"0","lang_id":"en","portal_id":"2","owner_id":"114","user_id":"24","view_accesslevel_id":"0","edit_accesslevel_id":"0","delete_accesslevel_id":"0","editor_id":"0","content_title":"Supreme Leader: US brutal attack on Syria flagrant, heinous crime","content_number":"","content_date_event":"2018-04-14 13:59:23","content_summary":"Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that military attack of US and its allies including UK and France on Syria today is condemned and is a flagrant crime beyond international norms.","content_summary_fill":"1","content_body":"Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has condemned joint airstrikes by the US, the UK and France on Syria as “crime,” describing the leaders of the three Western states as “criminals.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“I clearly declare that the US president, the French president and the UK prime minister are criminals and have committed a crime,” the Leader said on Saturday.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe three countries, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "will achieve nothing and make no benefit, as they have been in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan in the past few years, and committed such crimes but have not profitted from them."\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAyatollah Khamenei was reacting to a coordinated missile attack by the US, Britain and France on Syria in the early hours of Saturday over an alleged chemical attack in the Damascus suburb last week.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Those who were overtly and covertly supporting Daesh claim today to be confronting and defeating them [the terrorists]! That’s a lie; that is not the case. They had no role” in efforts to defeat the Takfiri outfit, the Leader said.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Americans would enter the scene of the battle and help Daesh whenever the terrorists were under a siege and about to suffer a defeat.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe Leader added that the US created the “evil creatures” called Daesh, using the money provided by the Al Saud regime and the likes.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHowever, Ayatollah Khamenei added, the resistance against the US and its agents saved the Iraqi and Syrian nations.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAyatollah Khamenei also referred to comments by US President Donald Trump, who said last month that his country spent seven trillion dollars in the Middle East and still “got nothing.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTrump “is right,” the Leader said. “They achieved nothing, and the US will not achieve anything in the future either no matter how much money it spends.”\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nMissile attacks 'a breach of international law'\r\n\r\nEarlier, Iran's Foreign Minister strongly condemned the strikes as a violation of international law, warning against the repercussions of such an act of aggression against an independent country.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“The aggression is a flagrant violation of international law and a disregard of Syria’s right to national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in statement released on Saturday.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n“Based on religious, legal and ethical regulations, Iran opposes any use of chemical weapons, but at the same time, strongly rejects and condemns the fabrication of excuses to invade an independent country,” the statement read.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIran also held the US and its allies accountable for the regional and extra-regional consequences of the military attack that launched against Syria “without any evidence or proven document” their claims of a chemical attack by Damascus.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe statement further called on international organizations and bodies to firmly condemn the “arbitrary and unilateral” military attacks against a United Nations member state, which run contrary to international regulations and the UN Charter.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIran “roundly condemns” such acts of aggression, which undermine global peace and strengthens terrorism and extremism in the region, said the statement.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSyria came under attack one week after a suspected chemical weapons attack hit the Syrian town of Douma near Damascus.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWestern countries blamed the incident on the Syrian government, but Damascus rejected the accusations as “chemical fabrications” made by the terrorists themselves in a bid to halt pro-government forces’ advances.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe fresh strikes by the US marked the second time that President Donald Trump has authorized attacks on Syria.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHe had ordered a missile strike against Shayrat Airbase in Syria’s Homs Province on April 7, 2017. He claimed back then that the air field had been the origin of a suspected sarin gas attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in Syria’s Idlib Province on April 4, 2017.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nElsewhere in its statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that both military attacks on Syria came after terrorists faced defeats in Aleppo and Eastern Ghouta, respectively.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIt also stressed that the Syrian nation will foil the conspiracies meant to change equations on the ground in favor of the terrorists.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAnalyst Hossein Sheikholeslam, a former Iranian ambassador to Damascus, told state television the attacks would help unite Syrians behind the government.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n"These attacks will stabilise the Syrian government... and unite the different tribes in Syria as Syrians become aware of their honor and come to the defense of the independence, territorial integrity and the government of their country," Sheikholeslam said.","content_html":"

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has condemned joint airstrikes by the US, the UK and France on Syria as “crime,” describing the leaders of the three Western states as “criminals.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“I clearly declare that the US president, the French president and the UK prime minister are criminals and have committed a crime,” the Leader said on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The three countries, Ayatollah Khamenei said, "will achieve nothing and make no benefit, as they have been in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan in the past few years, and committed such crimes but have not profitted from them."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ayatollah Khamenei was reacting to a coordinated missile attack by the US, Britain and France on Syria in the early hours of Saturday over an alleged chemical attack in the Damascus suburb last week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Those who were overtly and covertly supporting Daesh claim today to be confronting and defeating them [the terrorists]! That’s a lie; that is not the case. They had no role” in efforts to defeat the Takfiri outfit, the Leader said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Americans would enter the scene of the battle and help Daesh whenever the terrorists were under a siege and about to suffer a defeat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The Leader added that the US created the “evil creatures” called Daesh, using the money provided by the Al Saud regime and the likes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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However, Ayatollah Khamenei added, the resistance against the US and its agents saved the Iraqi and Syrian nations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ayatollah Khamenei also referred to comments by US President Donald Trump, who said last month that his country spent seven trillion dollars in the Middle East and still “got nothing.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Trump “is right,” the Leader said. “They achieved nothing, and the US will not achieve anything in the future either no matter how much money it spends.”<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Missile attacks 'a breach of international law'<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, Iran's Foreign Minister strongly condemned the strikes as a violation of international law, warning against the repercussions of such an act of aggression against an independent country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“The aggression is a flagrant violation of international law and a disregard of Syria’s right to national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in statement released on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“Based on religious, legal and ethical regulations, Iran opposes any use of chemical weapons, but at the same time, strongly rejects and condemns the fabrication of excuses to invade an independent country,” the statement read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Iran also held the US and its allies accountable for the regional and extra-regional consequences of the military attack that launched against Syria “without any evidence or proven document” their claims of a chemical attack by Damascus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The statement further called on international organizations and bodies to firmly condemn the “arbitrary and unilateral” military attacks against a United Nations member state, which run contrary to international regulations and the UN Charter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Iran “roundly condemns” such acts of aggression, which undermine global peace and strengthens terrorism and extremism in the region, said the statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Syria came under attack one week after a suspected chemical weapons attack hit the Syrian town of Douma near Damascus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Western countries blamed the incident on the Syrian government, but Damascus rejected the accusations as “chemical fabrications” made by the terrorists themselves in a bid to halt pro-government forces’ advances.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The fresh strikes by the US marked the second time that President Donald Trump has authorized attacks on Syria.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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He had ordered a missile strike against Shayrat Airbase in Syria’s Homs Province on April 7, 2017. He claimed back then that the air field had been the origin of a suspected sarin gas attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun in Syria’s Idlib Province on April 4, 2017.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Elsewhere in its statement, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that both military attacks on Syria came after terrorists faced defeats in Aleppo and Eastern Ghouta, respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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It also stressed that the Syrian nation will foil the conspiracies meant to change equations on the ground in favor of the terrorists.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Analyst Hossein Sheikholeslam, a former Iranian ambassador to Damascus, told state television the attacks would help unite Syrians behind the government.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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"These attacks will stabilise the Syrian government... and unite the different tribes in Syria as Syrians become aware of their honor and come to the defense of the independence, territorial integrity and the government of their country," Sheikholeslam said.<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2018-04-14 13:59:23","content_date_finish":"2018-04-14 13:59:23","content_date_register":"2018-04-14 14:07:41","content_date_last_edit":"2018-04-14 14:07:41","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"3378609410","attach_date_register":"2018-04-14 14:04:22","attach_id":"420797","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"600","attach_img_height":"400","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"235","visit_date_last":"2025-05-14 18:06:43","attach_title":"Supreme Leader: US brutal attack on Syria flagrant, heinous crime\r\n 2","node_title":"news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53}]"}]]