Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast warns against the efforts by certain countries that seek to prepare the ground for a military intervention in Syria.
Those (countries) that are pursuing such policies pay no heed to general interests in the region, Mehmanparast told reporters in the southwestern city of Bushehr on Wednesday, noting that a military intervention in Syria will be “very dangerous” to regional security and stability.
He pointed to the abduction of Iranian nationals in Syria and added that certain countries outside the region and some currents inside the region seek to meet their interests by stoking instability in the Middle Eastern state.
The spokesperson cautioned that they intend to increase insecurity and instability in Syria.
Legitimate demands of the Syrian people should be met and reforms should be made in the country, added Mehmanparast, stressing that the government of President Bashar al-Assad has so far made considerable reforms.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011. Hundreds of people, including many Syrian security forces, have been killed in the course of the turmoil.
Damascus blames “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad. The West and the Syrian opposition, however, accuse the government of killing the protesters.
Mehmanparast further denounced as “illegal and inhuman” the abduction of Iranian nationals and expressed hope that following the release of 11 Iranian pilgrims, other kidnapped Iranians would be freed in the near future.
Eleven of the 29 Iranian pilgrims and engineers, who were recently abducted in Syria, were released on February 7 through the joint efforts of Iran and Turkey. They were kidnapped on a road connecting the Syrian city of Hama to the capital, Damascus, on February 1.
Meanwhile, a group of unidentified armed men attacked a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims on a road connecting Damascus to the northwestern city of Aleppo on January 26. They kidnapped 11 men and drove off to an unknown destination. Their whereabouts still remain unknown.
Five Iranian electrical engineers were also kidnapped by unknown gunmen in the restive Syrian city of Homs on December 21, 2011. Later, two other Iranians tasked with searching about the fate of the five kidnapped engineers were abducted, too.
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