Araqchi addressed the Al Jazeera reporter saying, ‘You do not determine what is permissible and what is forbidden.’
The Iranian Foreign Minister said, ‘Are you a judge or a religious scholar to issue rulings on what is permissible and what is forbidden? Determining what is permissible and what is forbidden is not up to me or you; this is a religious ruling.’
Regarding Syria, we cannot judge so easily; Syria has a very long history.
As for whether the Syrian government and Mr. Bashar al-Assad made mistakes or not, I am not entering into this discussion at all. Certainly, there were mistakes, and if things had been handled differently, perhaps the outcome would not have ended up like this.