„nevertheless the CoI considers that forces loyal to the Government may have been responsible for many of the deaths.“Oral Update of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (PDF; 1,1 MB), Mündlicher Zwischenbericht der Syrien-Untersuchungskommission des UN-Menschenrechtsrates vom 26. Juni 2012, Punkt 55 (Seite 11), abgerufen am 4. Juli 2012 (englisch).
„It won't bring any success to this government. Why would this government kill its people because this can only bring negativity to it? So we must shed light on this. I don't exclude anybody.“ Ahmadinejad sees no breakthrough at Moscow talks (Memento vom 31. Mai 2012 im Internet Archive) – Reuters-Meldung vom 30. Mai 2012.
