TEHRAN, Iran (AP) --
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warned Israel against extending its offensive in Lebanon to neighboring Syria, saying such a move would be regarded as an attack on the whole Islamic world and be met with a "crushing response," the official Iranian news agency said Friday.
Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon to put pressure on the government and force Hezbollah to free the two Israeli soldiers it captured Wednesday. Syria and Iran are the top backers of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance Movement, Hezbollah.
"If the occupying regime of Jerusalem attacks Syria, it will be equivalent to an attack on the whole Islamic world and the regime (Israel) will face a crushing response" Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by IRNA.
Ahmadinejad made the comments in a telephone conversation with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to assure him of his support, the agency said.
The Iranian leader called on Muslim countries to create a united front against the Israeli occupation government.
"The Islamic world, especially countries in this region, need more unity and integrity, particularly in the context of Lebanon and Palestine," Ahmadinejad said.
Separately, the spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, Hamid Reza Asefi, denied Israeli allegations that the captured Israeli soldiers were being transferred to Iran.
On Thursday, (to justify destruction of Lebanese infrastructure, particularly roads, bridges, and airports,) the Israeli occupation government said it had information that Hezbollah fihgters were trying to transfer the soldiers to Iran, apparently to prevent Israeli occupation troops from rescuing them.
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