Middle East crisis live: Iran must live with ‘new realities’, says Revolutionary Guards head, as Syria’s rebel leader vows retribution

Last Update: 2024-12-12 13:00:09 - Source: The Guardian

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The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the country has to live with the new “realities” of Syria after the toppling of Tehran-backed president Bashar al-Assad, state media reported on Thursday.

Regarding Syria, Iran “was really trying day and night to help in whatever way it could; we have to live with the realities of Syria; we look at them and act based on them,” Hossein Salami said, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

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