Weekly review

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Raouf-Sheibani strongly criticized U.S. ambassador's visit to the restive Syrian city of Hama as a clear instance of " interfering in other countries' internal affairs," the local English language satellite Press TV reported on Sunday.Raouf-Sheibani said the move showed Washington's clear meddling in Syria's internal affairs, adding that it was against international diplomatic norms, said the report.He added that the U.S. interference took place at a time Syria is making efforts to form a national dialogue front to ease the unrest.U.S. ambassador Robert Ford and French ambassador Eric Chevallier visited the city of Hama on Thursday to follow up the ongoing anti-government protests. Their visits have sparked severe condemnation by the Syrian authorities, which accused the ambassadors of inciting the protestors against the ruling of President Bashar al-Assad.