Iran's deputy foreign minister said here Wednesday that Iran rejects any Yemini-like scenario in Syria, stressing his country's "political and moral" support to Syria to overcome the current crisis.

In a press conference held Wednesday at the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Hasan Amir Abdulahyan told reporters that "Iran totally rejects Yemeni-like scenario in Syria," brushing off any possibility of foreign military intervention in Syria.

"The American-Zionist axis is living in an unfavorable condition to wage war on Syria," he said.

He believed that the solution to the current crisis in Syria is "merely political," stressing his country's political support to end the crisis.

"It's not for anyone's interest to think of a military intervention in Syria," he said, warning of "its grave repercussions on the entire region."

The Iranian diplomat also criticized the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries' decision to withdraw their diplomatic mission from Syria, regarding the decision as "hasty, and won't help in solving Syria's crisis."

The GCC countries have decided to withdraw their ambassadors in Syria, and in the meantime demand Syrian ambassadors in Gulf countries to leave, citing the escalating violence in the unrest- torn country.

The Arab League (AL) has recently put forward a new plan to solve the unrest in Syria, urging a Yemen-like scenario in Syria, mainly by calling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to renounce some of his authorities to his first deputy. The plan, however, was totally rejected by the Syrian leadership.

Meanwhile, Abdulahyan said that the release of the Iranians, who were kidnapped recently in Syria, happened in Syria after the mediation of Turkey.

A day earlier, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast confirmed the release of 11 Iranians abducted earlier this month in Syria. The spokesman said that 11 abducted Iranian pilgrims were released by the help of "friendly countries."

Also on Tuesday, Iran's Mehr news agency reported that the kidnapped Iranian pilgrims were freed by the help of Turkey, after they were abducted on a road connecting the Syrian city of Hama to the capital Damascus on Feb. 1.

There have been a string of kidnappings of Iranian citizens over the past several months in Syria. On Jan. 26, a group of unidentified armed men stopped a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims on a road from Damascus to the northwestern city of Aleppo, when a total of 11 men were kidnapped.

On Dec. 21 of last year, five Iranian electrical engineers were also abducted by unknown gunmen in the restive Syrian city of Homs.