Rahimi made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Syrian Parliament National Security Committee Chairman Mohammad Sobhi Abou al-Shamat in Tehran on Tuesday, IRNA reported.
“Syria has undoubtedly a bright future and will overcome its present difficulties,” Rahimi noted.
He went on to say that the Zionists, who think they can create conflicts between “the followers of different religions by insulting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), are unaware that Muslims love all of the prophets of God and the followers of divine religions.”
For his part, Abou al-Shamat said that Syria is on the same front with Iran in the campaign against oppression, adding that the Arab country “will get out of its present crisis” soon.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Damascus says outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorists are the driving factor behind the unrest, and deadly violence while the opposition accuses the security forces of being behind the killings.
Western states have been calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. However, Russia and China are strongly opposed to the Western drive to oust Assad.
The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the armed militants are foreign nationals, mostly from Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan.
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