the West pushes for regime change in Syria amid mounting calls for
military intervention after alleged use of chemical weapons in the
battered Arab country, analysts here say.
Iran's new government does not want direct confrontations with the
West over Syria, with President Hassan Rouhani having said " the world's
people, particularly the people in the Middle East, are not prepared
for a new war."
But Tehran may well be forced into the conflict, Sadeq Zibakalam, a
professor on politics from Tehran University, told Xinhua on Thursday.
Iran will become involved directly in Syria when it finds that world
and regional powers like the United States, Britain and Saudi Arabia are
already there attacking Bashar al-Assad. "In such a scenario, Iran will
do whatever it takes to keep Assad in power, " said the expert.
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