Iran says attack on Syria in nobody's interest: president

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Iran says attack on Syria "in nobody's interest": president

TEHRAN, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Possible U.S. attack on Syria will be "in nobody's interest," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. "As the Islamic republic has already announced, any (military) measure against Syria is in the disadvantage of both the region and the U.S.' friends," Rouhani was quoted by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying. Any military intervention in Syria "will not benefit anybody," said the Iranian president, addressing at a meeting of Iran's Assembly of Experts. He added that Syria's security and ...

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