On Sunday, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Luan Jacarian revealed some media allegations that Iran and Russia have agreed to the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Jagarian said, in an interview with the Iranian "Mehr" agency: "As you know there are some rumors that have no basis that Russia is not satisfied with Assad, but such statements were made by people who have no political role to present their personal opinions, but they are It does not reflect the official position of the Russian government. "
He added that "Russia will continue to support the political process in Syria and the legitimate Syrian government of this country," stressing that "the future of this country is in the hands of the Syrian people alone and it is he who decides its affairs."
The Russian ambassador continued, "I also appreciate the joint efforts of the parties of the Astana process, Russia, Turkey and Iran, and because of these efforts, the military operations in Syria have stopped and the way has been opened to start negotiations. I hope the political process will continue after the pandemic."
The special assistant to the head of the Iranian Shura Council for International Affairs, Hussein Amir Abdullahian, said that "Al-Assad is the legitimate Syrian president and the great leader to fight takfiri terrorism in the Arab world."
He added that "the rumor of an agreement between Iran and Russia about his resignation is a major lie and American Zionist propaganda," stressing that "Tehran strongly supports the sovereignty, national unity and Syrian territorial integrity."
Some media outlets affiliated with the Syrian opposition claimed that Russia and Iran had reached an agreement regarding President Bashar al-Assad's resignation in order to accelerate the process of political settlement to the crisis that has persisted in Syria since 2011.