TEHRAN, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday reaffirmed Tehran's support for Syria during a phone call with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
During the call, the two sides discussed the future development of the bilateral ties, according to the Iranian Students' News Agency.
Pezeshkian highlighted the necessity to strengthen the bilateral ties and implement the previously signed agreements between the two countries in line with their peoples' interests, the report said.
Assad, for his part, said that the importance of the Syria-Iran ties, based on "mutual faithfulness and certain principles," lies in the resistance against the colonial hegemony in a "tumultuous" region.
Pezeshkian was announced as Iran's next president on Saturday following his victory in a runoff against Saeed Jalili, a former chief nuclear negotiator. ■
