People’s Assembly Speaker of Syria, described relations between Syria and Iran as “deeply-rooted and strong”, hailing the development in the special parliamentary relations between the two countries.

Iran PressMiddle East: Hammouda Sabbagh, who met Deputy Speaker of Iran's parliament, Ali Nikzad, and an accompanying delegation, highly appreciated Iran’s principled and firm stances toward regional issues and its limitless support for Syria in its war on terror.

He stressed that Syria, Iran, and countries of the axis of resistance stand united in the face of the Israeli entity and the Western powers that support it, particularly the US, which tries to pressure the people and undermine their unity and independent decision.

Sabbagh called for enhancing economic relations between the two friendly countries to keep pace with important political relations.

For his part, Nikzad affirmed that Syria, under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, will remain the head of the resistance axis.

Nikzad added that the US and its Western agents imposed sanctions on Syria and Iran after failing in the fierce and hard military war against them, stressing that his country would continue to support Syria in all fields.

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