Iran says attack on Syria "in nobody's interest": president

Possible U.S. attack on Syria will be "in nobody's interest," Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday.

"As the Islamic republic has already announced, any (military) measure against Syria is in the disadvantage of both the region and the U.S.' friends," Rouhani was quoted by the semi-official Mehr news agency as saying.

Any military intervention in Syria "will not benefit anybody," said the Iranian president, addressing at a meeting of Iran's Assembly of Experts.

He added that Syria's security and stability is of high importance for Iran, and if the Syrians are faced with any problem, the Islamic republic will provide them with humanitarian assistance.

"We believe that the main problem of Syria is foreign interventions and opening the space for the terrorists," Rouhani said, stressing that "the vote of people and their demands" should be considered as the criteria for the future of Syria.

U.S. President Barack Obama has resorted to the authorization from the U.S. Congress for a possible strike on Syria in indicative of the "illegitimacy" of its move from the international perspective, he said.

Obama has sought congressional approval for launching a limited military strike against Syria to punish it for the alleged use of chemical weapons outside Damascus on Aug. 21.