TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei assessed as successful on Sunday the status of Iran and Syria at regional and international level.

“Syria and Iran have achieved good successes on regional and international issues,” Ayatollah Khamenei said in a meeting with Syrian President Beshar Assad.
The Leader also described the relations between Tehran and Damascus as very good, saying, “The late Hafiz Assad (ex-Syrian president and father of the current president) laid a firm basis for Iran-Syria relations and the relations are still going on well despite great efforts (by enemies) to disrupt them,” the Leader remarked.
“You have also continued the same approach of late Hafiz Assad and the current good relations of the two countries is the result of continuing that path,” the Leader told Beshar Assad.
The Leader also expressed hope that Assad’s trip to Tehran will lead to a promotion of ties between the two countries in all areas.
Assad, for his part, described Tehran-Damascus ties as firm and strategic.
“I am extremely happy that this meeting is held at a time that on the one hand we observe great achievements of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon and a consolidation of the status of Hamas in Palestine, and on the other hand our enemies are in a much shakier position than before,” the Syrian president noted.