A video has surfaced that shows former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani clearly blaming Damascus for chemical attacks, despite the Iranian government’s claim that the media had wrongly reported his remarks. The video, posted on the website Bolaghnews.com, shows Rafsanjani speaking last weekend in Savad Kooh in Mazandaran Province. He says, “People are […]
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Iran’s President Condemns ‘Use Of Chemical Weapons’ In Syria
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has publicly acknowledged for the first time that chemical weapons killed and injured people in Syria. Iranian news agencies on August 24 quoted Rohani as saying Tehran “completely and strongly” condemned the use of chemical weapons. Rohani, however, did not say who had used the weapons. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has […]
Thousands Suffering Neurotoxic Symptoms Treated in Hospitals Supported by MSF
Three hospitals in Syria’s Damascus governorate that are supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have reported to MSF that they received approximately 3,600 patients displaying neurotoxic symptoms in less than three hours on the morning of Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Of those patients, 355 reportedly died. […]
Iran, Syria Top UN’s Human Rights Meeting
Dozens of government officials are gathering in Geneva for a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Independent UN panel urges action amid ongoing human rights abuses in Syria conflict
A United Nations independent panel investigating human rights violations in Syria today called for urgent action to ensure justice for the crimes committed, adding that it will submit a list of names next month of those believed to be most responsible for the atrocities.
Syria refugees to reach 700,000 by year’s end – UNHCR
The UN’s refugee agency has warned that as many as 700,000 people could have fled Syria by the end of the year, a huge increase on its previous estimate.
Syria child trauma ‘appalling’ – Save the Children
Children in Syria are subjected to “appalling” torture, imprisonment and abduction, and these atrocities should be better documented, a report by British charity Save the Children says.
Egypt’s Mursi says Iran is vital to ending Syria’s crisis
Egypt’s Islamist President said on Saturday that having a strong relationship with Iran is important for Egypt at this time to be able to work out a way to end the bloodshed in Syria.
IRGC confirms presence in Syria as advisors
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has confirmed the presence of Qods Force members in Syria, adding, however, that “this does not mean that Iran has a military presence in that country.”
As Iranian Hosts Watch, Egyptian and U.N. Leaders Rebuke Syria
Iran’s triumphal stewardship of the Nonaligned Movement summit meeting here veered off script Thursday when the two most prominently featured guest speakers, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt and the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, denounced the repression of the armed uprising in Syria, a close Iranian ally.