Azerbaijan, Baku, March 29 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
Iran has accused Qatar of "intensifying the bloodshed" in Syria, IRNA reported quoting Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
"It is in Qatar's interest to stop making hasty actions and intensifying the bloodshed in Syria,"Amir-Abdollahian said.
Amir-Abdollahian also critiqued Qatar for enabling an opposition bloc to open its first embassy in Doha.
Syrian opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib, whose group is recognized by the Arab League as the sole representative for Syria, opened the embassy in Qatar on Wednesday.
"The people of Syria will never allow others to make decisions for them," he said.
Shi'ite Iran has strongly supported Assad in a two-year-old conflict that began with peaceful protests and turned into an armed revolt in which some 70,000 people have been killed.