‘Be angry and die of this anger’: Kanaani to US

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
4 May 2023 11:51

The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson reacts to the United States’ concerns over Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Syria.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani (IRNA)

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani considered on Thursday that the anger of the US regime over Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Syria is natural.

"The US has expressed concern about the Iranian president's visit to Syria and its results and described them as malign!" Kanaani tweeted.

"Of course, the anger of the malign regime, whose horns have been broken in Syria and the entire region by Iran and the axis of resistance, and which must end its aggressive presence in Syria, is natural," the Iranian Spokesperson indicated.

"Be angry and die with this anger," he concluded.

On Wednesday, the United States expressed concern over Raisi’s visit to Syria, indicating that the deepening ties between Iran and Syria should be a source of worry for the international community.

#Iranian President Ebrahim #Raisi had a warm welcome as he arrived in Damascus to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. Raisi is the first Iranian President to visit #Syria since 2011. pic.twitter.com/41MDCGiq6g
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"That the Iranian regime and the Assad regime are continuing to deepen their ties should be of great concern to not just our allies and partners and countries in the region but also the world broadly," US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel considered at a briefing.

"These are two regimes that have continued to partake in malign destabilizing activities, not just in their immediate countries, but also in the region broadly," Patel alleged.

On Wednesday, the Iranian President arrived in Damascus on Wednesday as part of a two-day visit to Syria and held bilateral talks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad.

This marks the first official visit by an Iranian head of state to Syria since the start of the global war on Syria. The last Iranian president who paid a visit to Syria was Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a year prior in 2010.

Iranian media reported that Raisi and Al-Assad signed 15 cooperation agreements.