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What about the bombs of bakeries, schools, hospitals, documented by reporters on the ground, eyewitnesses, human rights groups, amnesty, human rights? The UN Commission of Inquiry says the Syrian government is responsible for war crimes in targeting civilian areas. Iran has not participated in any activity in any populated area and we will never do so in the future. We condemn any attack against civilians. Do you condemn the Syrian government attacking bakeries, schools, hospitals?

We condemn any attack against civilians. By the Syrian government? No matter who does it. But I'm asking about the Syrian government. No matter who does it.

Okay, but I'm asking about the Syrian government. No matter who does it. So you won't condemn the Syrian government? I condemn anybody using chemical weapons. I didn't ask, I asked about attacking schools and hospitals.

I condemn any government, but I at the same time condemn groups who use civilians as shield. When the Syrian Air Force drops a bomb on a bakery, that's the fault of the people in the bakery? No, no, that's the fault of the people who prevented the political settlement. It's not the fault of Bashar al-Assad for sending planes to bomb bakeries? It's the fault of the people who prevented political solution because of an illusion that they could...

So the Syrian government bears no responsibility? That they could remove Bashar al-Assad from office. I get that argument. I understand that argument. Okay, okay. I'm asking about the responsibility for war crimes.

I'm talking about Iranian responsibility. Well, you support the government. You've given money. I'm not here to defend anybody. I'm here to defend Iran. Yes, I'm asking about Iran's role. Iran wanted a political settlement. They refused.

They wanted their mercenaries, these foreign fighters that today we don't know what to do. But you brought foreign fighters into Syria also from Afghanistan. You see. From Pakistan. You know that. Hold on. Hold on.

There is a government in Syria and last time I checked that government has a seat in the United Nations. Those who tried to overthrow that government through the use of Daesh, through the use of ISIS, through the use of Nusra are the ones who have created this mess. And does that justify war crimes by the Syrian government? The United Nations says they've committed war crimes.

Nothing justifies war crimes. And Iran has had its own history of fighting a war against Iraq where war crimes were committed against us. For more UN videos visit www.un.org