Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says what happened in Syria was a “joint American and Zionist plot”, even though a neighboring country played a role.

According to The Iran Project, "There should be no doubt that what happened in Syria was plotted in the command rooms of the United States and Israel. We have evidence for this," Ayatollah Khamenei told a group of people in Tehran Wednesday. 

"One of the neighboring countries of Syria also played a role, but the primary planners are the US and the Zionist regime," the Leader added, apparently referring to Turkey.

Ayatollah Khamenei quashed speculations about the weakening of the resistance front after militants and Takfiri terrorists overran the Syrian capital, assuring that it will become stronger.   

“This is what the resistance is, this is what the resistance front is. The more you push, the stronger it becomes; the more you commit crimes, the more motivated it becomes. The more you fight with them, the more widespread it will be, and I tell you, by the Divine Power, the domain of resistance will cover the entire region more than before."

The Leader also dismissed some analysis that a weakened resistance front would amount to Iran’s weakening.

“That ignorant analyst, unaware of the meaning of resistance, imagines that when the resistance becomes weak, Islamic Iran will also become weak, and I say that by God's will and power and with the permission of God Almighty, Iran is strong and powerful and will only grow more powerful."