A senior Iranian legislator has warned of the catastrophic fallout from any foreign military intervention in Syria as the US steps up its war rhetoric against the Arab country.
“Any war and military strike against Syria will have a scope beyond the Syrian borders,” Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran’s Majlis Alaeddin Boroujerdi said in Damascus on Saturday.

“We, on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, once again announce to Syrian authorities and the international community our opposition to any attack and war against Syria,” Boroujerdi stressed.

Boroujerdi, who is heading an Iranian parliamentary delegation to Syria, made the remarks after holding talks with Syrian Parliament speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Laham.

The visit is part of Tehran’s efforts to show support for the Syrian government amid recent threats by the United States and its allies to take military action against the Arab country.

The rhetoric of war against Syria primarily intensified after foreign-backed opposition forces accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of launching a chemical attack on militant strongholds in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21.

A number of Western countries, including the United States, France, and the UK, were quick to engage in a major publicity campaign to promote war against Syria despite the fact that Damascus categorically rejected the claim that it was behind the chemical attack.

On Wednesday, however, the British government announced that its support for military intervention in Syria would require a second vote in the country’s parliament.

A first non-binding vote in the British legislature on August 29 rejected British presence in a potential war on Syria.

On Saturday, Boroujerdi reiterated Tehran’s strong condemnation of the chemical weapons attack, criticizing Washington for disregarding Tehran’s earlier warnings that terrorist groups in Syria were in possession of chemical arms.

The visiting Iranian lawmakers are scheduled to separately meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi, and the country's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem before leaving for Lebanon.

By Press TV

 

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