Syria’s brutal crackdown on protesters puts Iran in the hot spot

Relations between presidents of Iran (left) and Syria could sour over unrest in Syria. (File Photo)

By JAMES M. DORSEY
SPECIAL TO AL ARABIYA

Syria’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests is putting Iran between a rock and a hard place.

For months, the Islamic republic touted the protests that toppled the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia and wracked the M…