A Syrian opposition website published a document Friday with instructions for quelling demonstrations it alleged belonged to Syria's intelligence director.
The document instructs the reader to depict demonstrators as Israeli, Saudi, and US provocateurs, to accuse protesters of of extremism and the use of weapons, and to arouse fear of an internecine war by attacking places of worship.
The document also recommends the mainstream infantry army hold its fire, and that shots be fired by snipers trained for the task.
Lastly, the documents instruct readers to organize pro-Assad demonstrations, promising to improve the economic situation and implement civic reforms.
Iran echoed the document's instructions saying "Americans and Zionists" were behind the Syrian opposition movement.
Tehran has been quick to praise anti-government movements in the region as "resistance to western imperialism," but has remained staunchly behind its Syrian ally.
Iran, which has a record of brutally supressing opposition protests in its own country, has also been accused of helping Syria suppress protests.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime is a critical regional ally for Tehran, providing a land-route to the Mediterranean and its Hizbullah proxy in Lebanon.
Iran, Syria, and Turkey have been cementing ties in ad hoc economic and strategic bloc in the Orient.
The MEMRI institute, which discovered the document, noted several provisions within the document correspond to directly to the activities of Syria's mainstream media and military.
Syrian President Bashar Assad installed a new government today, which included a new interior minister and finance minister. Foreign Minister Walid Al-Mualem, however, retained his position.
Assad's cabinet shuffle came on the heels of a huge demonstration in Syria calling for a slew of domestic reforms.
In the past month more than 200 people were killed in clashes throughout Syria between demonstrators and Assad's security forces.