Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 11th July. Iran President-elect, Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday has reaffirmed Tehran’s support for Syria during a phone call with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The two sides discussed the future development of bilateral ties during acall, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency.
Pezeshkian highlighted the necessity to strengthen bilateral ties and implement the signed agreements between the two countries in line with their people’s interests, the report said.
Assad said that the importance of the Syria-Iran ties, based on “mutual faithfulness and certain principles,” lies in the resistance against the colonial hegemony in a “tumultuous” region, news media reported.
Pezeshkian was named as Iran’s next president last Saturday after his victory in a runoff against Saeed Jalili, a former chief nuclear negotiator.
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