Assad’s late father, Hafez, had been among the first heads of state to praise the 1979 Iranian revolution that brought the Islamist regime to power.
A man carries a giant flag made of flags of Iran, Palestine, Syria and Hezbollah, during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Feburary 2016(photo credit: RAHEB HOMAVANDI/REUTERS)ByKENNETH BANDLERUpdated:
