“The only solution to the Syria issue is political one, but it is evident that certain countries in the Middle East region are trying to lead it into a stalemate and the Americans think that a military attack [against Syria] will boost their prestige,” Larijani said in the northern city of Nowshahr on Tuesday.
He regretted US persistent efforts to incite chaos in the region and then resort to “certain regional dealers” to contain the resulting turmoil, adding that a US attack on Syria will further complicate such issues.
Larijani also played down Western claims of reforms and democracy in Syria, saying, “No one is against reforms, but the kind of reforms carried out by terrorists will in no way be acceptable.”
US President Barack Obama has declared his intention to order military action against the Syrian nation without a UN mandate.
Obama’s threat came following an extensive publicity campaign by major Western media conglomerates immediately after the use of chemical weapons in Syria, accusing the government of President Bashar al-Assad of waging the attack.
While the Syrian government has fiercely rejected the Western allegations, it insists that foreign-backed opposition militants were behind the deadly chemical attack.
Larijani said, “The Western governments must be held accountable about who supplied the chemical weapons to the terrorists in Syria. The countries playing with weapons of mass destruction must accept [the fact] that terrorists will also use them.”
“Our country is opposed to any weapons of mass destruction and considers them dangerous for the world,” he added.
Syria has been gripped by a foreign-sponsored unrest since 2011. According to press reports, Western powers and their regional allies -- especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey -- are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.