 The story of a strategic relationship which began with Assad the father and continued with Assad the son: the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and ex-President Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran;  Israeli armored personnel carriers operating inside Lebanon prompted closer Syrian-Iranian cooperation;  which helped Lebanese Shia leaders Nasrallah; and Imam Musa Al-Sadr  and last but not least current Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his Iranian counterpart parent page (29 March - 4 April 2007, issue #838) |