Iranian commander: Elimination of President Assad Zionists’ demand, dictation

Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said the insistence of Riyadh and Syrian terrorist groups on having President Bashar Assad removed from office is what the Zionists dictate and want.

"The election of a leader and a president in any given country should come through ballots. It is undemocratic and hostile to dismiss or choose a leader and president via politics," Firouzabadi said on Tuesday.

He said a mentality and position as such is out of date, adding that this aggressive and unreal dream will never come true in Syria.

General Firouzabadi warned that elimination of President Assad from Syrian politics will expand the influence of ISIL terrorists and pave way for the establishment of a Takfiri government inside the war-torn country.

He once again reiterated that those who want to remove President Bashar Assad from office are in fact doing what the Zionists desire.

Last September, the Leader’s top adviser for international affairs Ali Akbar Velayati had also blasted certain western and regional states for attempts to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying President Assad is the only one to save Syria.

Velayati made the remarks after meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in Tehran.

EA