Syrian presid­ent paid a surpri­se visit to the Islami­c republ­ic since the start of confli­ctTEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday banned reformist newspaper Ghanoon for publishing an article about a meeting between Iran’s supreme leader and visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported. The news agency did not elaborate on the article about their meeting, but the online version of the story was headlined “Uninvited Guest”. Ghanoon also published a front-page photo of Assad and the supreme leader embracing each other. Assad’s visit to Tehran also coincided with Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s shock resignation announcement via an Instagram post. According to ISNA, Zarif was not present at any of the meetings.

Source: The Express Tribune February 26, 2019 18:22 UTC