If President Barack Obama's administration sought to prove that successful nuclear diplomacy with Tehran would not improve U.S.-Iranian relations in other areas, the recent diplomatic fiasco over Syria marks a job well done. On the very same day that the International Atomic Energy Agencyconfirmedthat Tehran was implementing the nuclear interim agreement,...
Western policy towards Syria is rather like Western policy toward Crimea and Ukraine at the moment its floundering around, talking big but really not having the will to act, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT.
RT:Is pouring more arms into Syria a realistic way to solve the conflict?
Chris Bambery:No, because the Saudi Arabians can offer money ...
United Nations: Syria plans to hold national elections in June or July, its ambassador to the United Nations said Friday, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he would send his seasoned Syria mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, to Iran, the Syrian governments most vital backer in the Middle East.
Iran can play a role in impressing upon the Syrian ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- Former Secretary-General of the Arab League Amr Moussa underlined that the only way out of the Syrian crisis is inviting Iran to take part in peace negotiations which have not been successful during the last two meetings in Geneva.
Speaking in an interview with the As-Safir of Lebanon, the veteran Egyptian diplomat said the three ...
TEHRAN, Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran has continuously stressed a political solution for Syria a political solution that is Syrian in nature and based on the direct vote and will of the Syrian people. An outside decision for Syria can only be legitimate and credible if it is directly validated by the people of Syria. Some of the partiesusing military ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian foreign ministry official took the West responsible for the failure of the Geneva 2 peace conference on Syria.
Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on Monday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian underlined that the Wests policies and the so-called oppositions ...
Iran is ready to participate in the next round of talks in the Swiss city of Geneva on the ongoing Syrian crisis only if it is invited to the event without any preconditions, a top Iranian official says.
The exact date for the next round of Geneva conference has not been fixed yet. Nevertheless, we believe that (the United States of) America and other ...
PALO ALTO, Calif. For decades, American strategy toward Iran has had a deep flaw failing to respond to outrages by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. In January, however, we got it right. The Obama administration barred Iran from the Geneva conference on Syria because the Revolutionary Guards Corps was in Syria, helping keep its brutal president,...
Nasim Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynderstold journalist that his country and EU support Irans participation in talks over Syrias crisis.
However, the UN has withdrawn an invitation for Iran to the January 22 Geneva 2 peace conference after American and French officials explicitly opposed Irans attendance in the talks.
Speaking in a joint ...
Tehran, Feb 19, IRNA A Syrian lawmaker stressed Wednesday that Irans presence in the recent international Geneva II conference on Syria was vital.
Hussein Ragheb made the comment while talking to IRNA on the sidelines of the 9th Session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Member States (PUIC) that kicked ...
Secretary of State John Kerry warnedRussiato stop supplying weapons to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying the support was hampering peace talks aimed at ending three years of fighting.
Assad has been stonewalling at negotiations in Geneva because he still thinks he can win militarily, Kerry said today in Jakarta. Assad continues to bomb the ...
The Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition will meet in the Swiss city of Geneva to hold the final round of talks on the crisis in Syria.
UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimiwill hold a final meeting with delegations from both sides on Saturday as the negotiations wrap up.
The Syrian government and the opposition ...
New York, Feb 15, IRNA - United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said here on Saturday that Iran plays an undeniable and pivotal role in Syrian peace negotiations.
In an exclusive interview with IRNA, Eliasson underlined that, both, the UN and global community need a constructive approach to settle the Syrian crisis.
?We are well aware ...
The final day of the second round of Syrian peace talks in Geneva ha been scheduled for February 15, but delegates from both sides said on February 14 that the process had reached a dead end.
The opposition delegation wants to speak about a transitional replacement for President Bashar al-Assad, but Syrian government negotiators insist talks must ...
High-ranking Syrian and Russian diplomats have met in Geneva to discuss issues related to the talks between the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition.
On Wednesday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walidal-Muallem and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov held a joint press conference at the Hotel de la Paix in Geneva after the meeting....
Beirut, Feb 12, IRNA Russian Ambassador to Beirut Alexander Zasypkin stressed here Tuesday that Geneva II Conference to Resolve Syrian Crisis will bear no tangible result in Irans absence and lacking Tehrans effective cooperation.
The Lebanese sources further quoted Zasypkin as saying that Russia favors Irans active participation aimed at finding ...
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Syria's warring sides headed Monday into a new round of peace talks in Geneva, 10 days after a debut session that ended with the agreement to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Homs.
After government and opposition delegates arrived at their Geneva hotels Sunday, they held separate closed-door meetings with UN and Arab ...
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An Iranian deputy foreign minister warned that the Geneva 2 conference on Syria could create a new crisis.
Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahianmade the remarks ...
A top Syrian official has described Iran as a key player in the Middle East, stating that the United Nations made a mistake by withdrawing its Geneva II invitation to the Islamic Republic.
We all know that the presence or absence of Iran in such conferences will not affect its role as a leading regional player, Director of the International Organizations ...
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