Elliot Hentov, ekspert za tursko-iranske odnose, slaže se s tim, te za SETimes kaže da će, ukoliko padne režim u Siriji, "sva sredstva Irana za stupanje u arapsko-izraelski sukob biti izgubljena.
Elliot Hentov, an expert on Turkish-Iranian relations, agrees, telling SETimes that if the Syrian regime falls, "all of Iran's tools to get into the Arab-Israeli conflict will have been lost.