"The people have been the target of chemical attacks by their own government and now they must also wait for an attack by foreigners. The people of Syria have seen much damage in these two years."

「敘利亞人民已經成為他們自己政府的化武攻擊目標，而今還得坐等外國人的隨時攻擊。敘利亞的百姓這兩年來已目睹太多人禍了。」

──拉夫桑雅尼（Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani），伊朗前總統，取自伊朗勞動新聞社（ILNA）文∕編譯楊慧莉