Iran pledges to join Syria in struggle against Israel

By With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Susan Garland

March 1, 1982

Damascus, Syria

Iranian President Ali Khamenei promised that Iran will join Syria in the struggle against Israel after Iran finishes its 17-month-old war against Iraq. President Khamenei was replying to a message of congratulations from Syria's President Hafez al-Assad on the third anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution.