Tehran will host a consultative meeting on Syria crisis on Thursday with the participation of 12 or 13 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, Iran's foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday. The topic on the agenda of the meeting will be denouncing violence and holding national dialogue to resolve disputes in Syria, IRNA quoted ...

By Reuters (Reuters) -Iranurged Syrian rebels on Thursday to start talks with President Bashar al-Assad about political reform and said it won international support at a meeting in Tehran for such a strategy to end the conflict. The Iranian foreign minister insisted Assad's administration - a key ally of Tehran - would not collapse under pressure ...

By Trend Taking Annan's six-point plan into consideration, Iran looks forward to bringing like-minded countries together to implement three essential points for solving the Syrian crisis, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said, Mehr reported. Salehi publicized those three points in an article of his that was published in Washington Post....

By New York Post MOSCOW Russia's foreign ministry says Moscow will attend talks on the Syrian crisis organized by Iran. The ministry says that Russia will be represented by its ambassador in Tehran if the talks set for Thursday take place. It said in a statement late Wednesday that the meeting was called at short notice, leaving little time ...

By Reuters (Reuters) -Iranhas launched its latest diplomatic initiative to resolve the intensifying conflict in Syria, warning that the abrupt fall of president Bashar al-Assad would have catastrophic consequences for the country. At least 12 nations with "a correct and realistic position" would attend a meeting on Thursday in Tehran to discuss ...