Russia and Iran have ‘unity of views’ on Syria

TEHRAN // Russia and Iran jointly oppose “external attempts” to bring regime change in Syria, a Kremlin official said on Monday in Tehran after president Vladimir Putin met supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The comments were a direct rebuff of repeated demands from the United States, France, Britain and Saudi Arabia that President Bashar Al Assad step down and play no future role in war-torn Syria.