Great satan US trying to change Syria’s political structure: Iran MP

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the United States and its allies intend to change the political structure of Syria in line with Israeli interests.

“Syria is the axis of support for the resistance front in the fight against the Zionist regime [of Israel],” Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Wednesday.

“And therefore, the United States and its allies are using all their financial, political and arms facilities to change the political structure of this country in line with the interests of the Zionist regime,” added the Iranian lawmaker.

Boroujerdi further highlighted the destruction of Syria’s infrastructure by foreign-sponsored armed groups, saying that such a move shows the Israeli regime’s direct interference in the war on the Arab state.

The US encourages al-Qaeda members to enter Syria from different countries and carry out the massacre of Syrians, he added.

The Iranian lawmaker also said that the Islamic Republic would continue its “economical, political and international support” for Syria.

Boroujerdi dismissed the claim that Iran and Russia provide military support to the Syrian government, describing the baseless statements as a “propaganda war” incited by the US to justify its own defeats.

On April 20, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington has boosted its support for the foreign-sponsored militants in Syria with a new package, which would provide an additional USD 123 million aid to the militants, bringing the total of US help to USD 250 million.

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on April 17 that the US is sending 200 troops for military operations along the Syrian border. The Pentagon “has made plans to expand the force to 20,000 or more if necessary” for a potential intervention in Syria, the Los Angeles Times reported a day later.

Many people, including large numbers of security personnel, have lost their lives in the violence that broke out in Syria in March 2011.