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Iran warns Syrians against division

05 May 2011 21:03 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the wave of unrest that has gripped Syria in recent weeks is a plot by the US to divide the Syrian people and their government, APA reports quoting Press TV.

The ministry warned both the people and the government in Syria not to lose sight of their national reform plans in the face of enemy plots to undermine their efforts.

â€œThe Syrian leadership and nation’s reform effort in the framework of the county’s national interests is an important responsibility. By practicing moderation in both voicing and addressing demands, a grand victory for Syria can be achieved,â€ read a statement released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Thursday.

The statement also said that Syria’s 60-year opposition to the Israeli oppression of Lebanese and Palestinians is the main reason why the nation has become a target of Western plots.

Activists say hundreds of people have been killed since the outbreak of protests in Dara’a and several other cities across Syria in mid-March.

The Syrian government has blamed the killings on an armed terrorist group, which has confessed to receiving weapons and money to kill people and security forces to cause chaos in the Muslim country.

Over 230 members of Syria’s ruling Ba’ath party have resigned in protest at the deaths.

The tension comes despite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s introduction of a new package of reforms, which he has said would meet the demands of the protesters.