Al Jazeera has interviewed Sharif Shehadeh,
a pro-government political researcher and journalist in Syria .
Shehadeh addressed Iran 's role in resolving the crisis in Syria . He also
spoke about Wednesday's events in the district of al-Hajar al-Aswad, in which
15 Palestinians were to have been shot to death.
Since the first
instance of the Syrian crisis, Iran
has been capable of appreciation and respect by all parties, be it the national
opposition parties or the Syrian government. Iran is seeking an internal
solution, not as alleged by you [Al Jazeera] or others that it was
seeking a solution to protect the Syrian regime.
Shehadeh went on
to say that Israel is a
major factor in the Islamic Republic's stance on Damascus
Iran is seeking
to keep a strong Syria and to keep it on the frontline for confronting Israel
and to remain the protector for resistance anywhere ... This is why Iran is
seeking to gather some Arab countries which had abandoned their own affairs and
got involved in the Syrian affairs, thus making themselves part of the problem,
rather than part of the solution.
He also said the
opposition in Syria has yet
to provide evidence that it in fact sees Iran as a hindrance to peace in
their nation
That opposition
has to give evidence that Iran
is part of the problem. The Iranian initiative says all Syrians must sit down
for dialogue and for reaching a settlement for all. Moreover, Iran has never rejected talking to the Syrian
opposition and has even called for uniting the opposition, calling them for
coming up to Iran and
holding talks with the leadership in Syria .
Now terrorist Assad and his criminal regime
at corner, ganged up with Iran or Iran sees their opportunity thought Arab
Contact group, try defuse, infuse and confuse this crisis to blame Israel,
knowing all the Arab countries and Syrian people hostility of the Israel, but
the Saudi Kingdom, Egypt the Syrian revolutionary
confuse or do not mix not the two problems, it is cohort but, initially, in this conflict their enemy is
only one enemy, terrorist Assad and his regime. Iran
tries to get benefit from stringing up Arab countries hostility feeling toward Israel ,
so that make it difficult to so that terrorist Assad bid time again. If really Iran wants to Syria their side they should switch
their side to the Syrian revolutionary, why supporting sinking terrorist Assad ship?