TEHRAN - A senior Iranian official says Iran will actively take part in a new round of talks over the Syrian crisis while observing all the Islamic Republic’s redlines.

Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on international affairs, told IRIB on Saturday that Iran’s participation in the meeting on the Syrian conflict, which is scheduled to be held in the Austrian capital of Vienna on November 12, is by no means tantamount to a retreat by the Islamic Republic from its stance on the Arab country.

He said Iran supports the Syrian people in their resistance against extremist and terrorist groups, whom he described as the “sworn enemies” of the Syrians.

The Syrian people are suffering and losing their lives due to acts of terrorism supported by “the West, particularly the Americans, Zionists and reactionary [countries] in the region,” Velayati pointed out.

The Leader’s adviser emphasized that Iran would spare no effort to help the Syrian people not only in the defense sector but also in the political area.

“Undoubtedly, no one is entitled to interfere in Syria’s domestic affairs,” Velayati said, stressing that it is the Syrian people who should determine their own fate through intra-Syrian dialog.(PressTV)