Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Arab nations will usher in a new Middle East without Zionists and without colonialists.
Ahmadinejad made the comments during his visit in Syria, where he met with President Bashar Assad, opening a two-day visit that follows U.S. efforts to break up Syria’s 30-year alliance with Tehran.
The Iranian president also said that “if the Zionist regime wants to repeat its past mistakes, this will constitute its demise and annihilation.”
Assad signaled his strong support for Iran, saying America’s
stance toward the country is a “new situation of colonialism in the region.”
Ahmadinejad said Iran, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon will all stand against Israel.
“(The Americans) want to dominate the region but they feel Iran and Syria are preventing that,” Ahmadinejad said during a news conference with Assad. “We tell them that instead of interfering in the region’s affairs, to pack their things and leave.”
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