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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/23/us-iran-syria-crackdown-idUSBRE82M18220120323
Iran Helping Assad to Put Down Protests
(Reuters) Mark Hosenball - Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Syrian President Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, U.S. and European security officials say. Tehran's technical assistance includes electronic surveillance systems, technology to disrupt communications via social media, and Iranian-made drone aircraft for overhead surveillance, as well as lethal materiel that can be used for riot control. Iranian security officials have also traveled to Damascus to advise Assad's entourage how to counter dissent, a U.S. official said. Some Iranian officials have stayed on to advise Assad's forces.