Iran-Syria Relations

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad held high-level talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Monday.

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif says Tehran is keen and prepared to launch a joint bank with Syria as part of its policy of expanding business ties with Damascus.

Senior Assistant to Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari has held intensive bilateral and multilateral talks with top Russian and Turkish delegates, and the UN Special Envoy in Geneva.

Es’haq Jahangiri, Iran’s First Vice President, says the Islamic Republic will continue to stand by the Syrian government and nation during their reconstruction era.

Representatives from Iran, Russia, and Turkey are meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to discuss establishing a committee tasked with drafting Syria's new constitution.

Senior Assistant to Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari has travelled to the Swiss city of Geneva to join his Russian and Turkish counterparts as well as UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in a fresh round of international talks on Syria peace.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country would allow Iran to build military bases in Syria if it wants to, as it has already given the green light to Russia as well.

Senior Iranian politician Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says if the Syrian government requests and if it is necessary, Iran will organize operations against the terrorists at any place across the Arab country.

A number of Iranian members of the ISIS terrorist group, including a man who had allegedly died in an Iranian prison, have been killed or taken captive in Syria’s Idlib.

A top IRGC commander says Tehran has sent a message to Israel, warning the Zionist regime against escalating the ongoing tension in the region.

A spokesman for Iranian Armed Forces says Iran’s military advisors are in Syria at the request of the Damascus government and won’t leave there unless it wants them to.

Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani says the return of stability to Syria and Iraq has worried the Israeli regime, as calm in the two countries would allow attentions to be drawn to the Palestine conflict.

Iran’s top security official Ali Shamkhani says the Tel Aviv regime was directly involved in killing Iranian military advisors in Syria.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has categorically rejected media reports on indirect negotiations between Iran and the Zionist regime over Syria.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi reiterated Tehran’s policy of providing support for Damascus in the fight against terrorism and said the Islamic Republic’s advisory mission in Syria will continue as long as the Arab country’s government wants it.

Iran, Turkey and Russia – the guarantor states of the observance of Syria’s ceasefire regime – have issued a joint statement after two days of trilateral talks in the Kazakh capital Astana.

Iran's top negotiator at Syria talks in Astana has met with the UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in the Kazakh capital.

Iran, Turkey and Russia – the guarantor states of Syria ceasefire – have held trilateral meetings in the Kazakh capital Astana.

The Iranian delegation to Astana Talks on Syria has held talks with Russian and Syrian delegations on the latest developments in the war-torn Arab country.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly condemned the Israeli regime’s recent attacks on Syria.

Forces in Israel and Syria exchanged missile fire early Thursday, during which dozens of Israeli military sites and Syrian bases were targeted.

Israeli jet fighters have just attacked a military base south of Damascus amid rumours that Iran is preparing for a retaliatory attack on Israeli positions shortly after US President Donald Trump announced his country’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri says the Islamic Republic will give a devastating response to enemies in due time.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said the Kurdish people of Syria proved that they would never allow the US and Israel to gain a foothold in the war-hit country.

An informed source denied reports about a missile attack on an Iranian “military base” in Syria and deaths of Iranian military advisers in the Arab country.