Laura Rozen wrote a report on Friday where she claimed that Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif had signaled on more Iranian flexibility to come to a political solution for Syrian crisis in recent meeting with John Kerry, US Secretary of State.
“What [Zarif] seemed to be signaling was that he has more authority on the Syria file than he has had until now," … speaking not for attribution, told Al-Monitor. "He seemed to suggest that Iran is prepared to show more flexibility on how fast that question [of Assad] is dealt with and how," reads a part of Rozen’s report.
Seen from Tehran, the report and similar claims of flexibility of Iran regarding developments in Syria are mere media hype and misguided attempts to communicate to the international public that Tehran had been entertaining gradual shift in its former policy in Syria.
The FM source speaking to Mehr News roundly rejected Al-Monitor’s Rozen’s claim, believing that Tehran had been unswerving in its policy of supporting political solution, with Bashar Assad never having been the subject of changes in the future Syria, since “Iran firmly believed that only Syrian people should decide on their political future,” the source told Mehr News.
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