Then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with the Lebanese television news network Al-Manar on 25 August 2011 that the violence should end and "the people and government of Syria" should join in a national dialogue.
2011年8月25日，时任总统马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德在一次黎巴嫩电视台新闻采访中表示，暴力行动应当停止，“叙利亚政府和人民“应当进行对话。