 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Syria chikamu chakakosha chenzvimbo yekupesvedzera kweIran, uye hurumende inotungamirwa naBashar al-Assad yave iri mubatsiri mukuru kwenguva yakareba. Mukati mematanho ekutanga eArab Spring, Mutungamiri Mukuru Khamenei pakutanga akataura kutsigira shanduko muTunisiauye Egipita, ichivarondedzera sekumuka kwechiIslam kwakafanana nokushanduka kwayo muna 1979. Apo kuratidzira kwakatanga muSyria, Iran yakachinja chimiro chayo ndokuzvitonga, ichienzanisa kumukira nekuratidzira kwayo kwechisarudzo chemutungamiri wenyika muna 2009 uye ichipomera United States neIsrael kuti ndivo vari kumashure kwekusagadzikana. 