http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/us-syria-crisis-iran-idUSBRE91D0EY20130214 http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-...r-reportedly-killed-by-syrian-rebels-1.503431 http://www.google.com/hostednews/af...ocId=CNG.4900d2d40c6db98d6fed936d995a1db2.621 Both Iran and Syria are in bad positions right now. Have been for some time. Considering they've been targeted by neoconservatives and "A Clean Break," their weakened state might prevent them from responding to this assassination. But there are only so many times that the Iranians will take being pushed around before they get upset to the point that they do not calm down. It certainly impacted them: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationw...g-syria-iran-general-20130215,0,3441012.story