 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Syria chikamu chakakosha chenzvimbo yekupesvedzera kweIran, uye hurumende inotungamirwa naBashar al-Assad yave iri mubatsiri mukuru kwenguva yakareba. Munguva dzokutanga dzeArab Spring, Mutungamiri Mukuru Khamenei pakutanga akaratidza kutsigira shanduko muTunisia neEgypt, ichivaratidzira sekumuka kwechiIslam kwakafanana nokumukira 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. 