但鲁哈尼没有就叙利亚问题发表决定性声明，即使在一系列漏出照片证明了叙利亚存在系统性虐待和屠杀并且引起了国际社会的公愤的情况下伊朗仍不表态，这对伊朗的处境非常不利。
But Rouhani’s failure to make a decisive statement on Syria – even after a series of leaked photographs of systematic torture and massacre raised the ire of the international community – has not helped the case for keeping Iran in the fold.