Iran's state TV is reporting that President Hassan Rohani has said Iran will apply all efforts to prevent military action against the Tehran-backed regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The Thursday report says the remarks came late Wednesday during a phone conversation between Rohani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Rohani was quoted as saying "military action will have a big amount of costs for the region" and "it is necessary to apply all efforts to prevent it." (AP)