Ahmadinejad backs Syria ceasefire proposal

October 18, 2012 01:24

Iran backs the idea of a ceasefire in Syria during an Islamic holiday next week and believes free elections are the right way to help resolve the 19-month-old conflict, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said according to Iran's state news agency.

Lakhdar Brahimi, the international mediator on Syria, has proposed that both Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebel fighters seeking his overthrow stop fighting during the Eid al Adha festival, which starts next week.Brahimi has appealed to leaders in Iran '" Assad's strongest regional ally '" to support the idea.

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