Iran Would Come To the Aid Of the Assad Regime In Syria In The Event Of Foreign Intervention

Quds Force

Quds Force Would Aid Syria In Foreign Intervention -- Jerusalem Post

Iran Revolutionary Guards denies US claims that it has provided weapons to Assad to suppress protests, Al Arabiya reports.

Iran would provide aid to Syria if it came under attack by external forces, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards official told pan-Arab Al Arabiya news channel Monday, after the US accused the Guards' Quds Force of providing weapons to the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in order to suppress protests.

The unnamed Iranian source insisted that Iran - one of Syria's strongest allies - has "not yet" interfered in Syrian affairs in the ten months of conflict between opposition groups and government forces, and in which over 5,000 people have been killed according to the United Nations.

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My Comment: Iran may be denying claims that they are interfering in Syria's internal affairs, but many believe that Iranian forces have (in fact) been in Syria since the beginning, assisting the Assad regime to suppress the revolution.