Iran Donates $ 200 Million to Syrian People

A senior Iranian official said Wednesday that those backing “terrorist” groups are responsible for the fighting and killings in Syria.

“Iran believes that the cause of the Syrian crisis is the sending of arms to terrorist groups into Syria by some countries,” Amir Hussein Abdullahian, the Iranian foreign ministry’s undersecretary for Arab and African affairs, told a press conference in Kuwait.
Abdullahian, who is heading Tehran’s delegation to an international donors conference for Syria being held Wednesday in Kuwait City, reiterated that “those who send arms into Syria are responsible for the killings.”

In parallel, the Iranian official confirmed that “the Islamic republic fully supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his latest peace proposal and believes that a political solution through national dialogue is the only way to resolve the Syrian crisis.”
He further added that Tehran “has always asked the Syrian government not to commit any acts of violence against the people.”

Meanwhile, Abdullahian revealed that Iran has donated $200 million in humanitarian aid to the Syrian people and also logistical assistance to Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
He further said that Iran would provide the “necessary assistance in the form of a pledge at the Kuwait conference.”