Iran denies al-Assad's secret visit to Tehran
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Araqchi, denied on Wednesday that the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad made a "secret" visit to Tehran on Tuesday night, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
The report of Israeli media regarding the travel of al-Assad to Iran is "funny," Araqchi told Mehr, stressing that "such a piece of news causes laughter."
Some western media reported earlier in the day that the Syrian president made an "unplanned" visit to Iran's capital Tehran on Tuesday night after the United States and some of its allies threatened to strike Syria over the allegations that the Damascus governmental forces have recently used chemical weapons against the masses, Global Times reported.