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    World needs peace more than any time before: Tehran Archbishop

    Tehran, Dec 31, IRNA - World needs peace more than any time before,
    the Primate of the Armenian Orthodox Diocese of Tehran Archbishop
    Sebouh Sarkissian said here on Sunday.


    Congratulating the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ, Sarkissian
    prayed for the establishment of peace, security and progress across
    the world, including Iran, Armenia and Syria.

    'Peace is an immediate need of the world today; Christmas days are
    good opportunity for all Christians to pray for the well-being of
    Iranian citizens and Syrian people.'

    Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011 with organized
    attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border
    guards being reported across the country.

    Thousands of people, including members of the security forces, have
    been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.

    The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups
    for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from
    abroad.

    In October 2011, calm was eventually restored in the Arab state after
    President Assad started a reform initiative in the country, but
    Israel, the US and its Arab allies are seeking hard to bring the
    country into chaos through any possible means. Tel Aviv, Washington
    and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots in the hope of
    increasing unrests in Syria.

    The US daily, Washington Post, reported in May that the Syrian rebels
    and terrorist groups battling the President Bashar al-Assad's
    government have received significantly more and better weapons in
    recent weeks, a crime paid for by some Persian Gulf Arab states and
    coordinated by the United States.

    The newspaper, quoting opposition activists and US and foreign
    officials, reported that Obama administration officials emphasized the
    administration has expanded contacts with opposition military forces
    to provide some Persian Gulf nations with assessments of rebel
    credibility and command-and-control infrastructure.

    9191**2050

    Islamic Republic News Agency/IRNA NewsCode: 80479865

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