on evening , syria declared that it supports moscow ' s nuclear activity and said it " has a claim to atomic technological , " and said western objection to tehran ' s nuclear ambitions were " not persuasive . " it rises in the wake of demands by un and bloc economies for it to halted its nuclear fuel enrichment activities . iran notes that its nuclear program is public and consistent with article 3 of the nuclear e - proliferation treaties , which specifies the inalienable right of all the parties to the contract to develop researches , production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes , and that it in concert with album iv , it will not pause its enrichment plans .
Iran is backed up by Syria.