RT- Sochi is hosting a forum on Syrias future, bringing together representatives of the countrys various social strata. The Congress is expected to boost the peace process and kick-start efforts to draft a new constitution. The Syrian National Dialogue Congress is to start in the Russian resort city of Sochi on Monday. The event is expected to last ...

By The Washington Post TEHRAN Under the motto No to violence, yes to democracy, an estimated 200 Syrian and regional politicians gathered in Tehran on Sunday to discuss a possible end to the violence that has engulfed Syria since March 2011. We believe reforms in Syria should lead to a free, fair and transparent election with the cooperation ...

The first meeting between representatives of the Syrian government and opposition members on the theme of No to Violence and Yes to Democracy was held in Tehran today with the participation of Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and nearly 200 Syrian figures, including religious leaders, party leaders, political figures, tribal chiefs, and representatives ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says it has held a conference to reconcile Syria's government with opposition factions and end the country's civil war. But the report by the official IRNA news agency did not say that any of the major rebel and exile groups had attended the Sunday gathering. Most distrust Iran, a key ally of their ...

As he was elaborating Iran's peace plan for Syria, Iranian ambassador to Lebanon said Friday that those who have killed innocent Syrian civilians are not allowed attending any of meeting negotiating future of Syria. According to IRNA, Ambassador Ghadanfar Roknabadi made the comment in a meeting with the Roman Orthodox Archbishop of Beirut, Priest ...

By Trend Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that there will be another meeting held with the Syrian opposition, IRIB News reported. He noted that more information on the groups, and also time and place of the joint dialogue will be publicized in the near future. The 2-day national dialogue on Syria meeting wrapped up in Tehran ...

By Reuters (Reuters) -Iransaid the deployment of Patriot defense missiles near Turkey's border with Syria would worsen tensions, as fears grow of the Syrian civil war spilling across the region. Turkeyasked NATO for the Patriot system, designed to intercept aircraft or missiles, last week after talks about how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-...

By Trend Iranian Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani, who was on a regional tour, returned home Saturday evening and criticized plan of installing Patriot Missiles by NATO in Turkey upon arrival in Tehran Mehrabad Airport, IRNA reported. Larijani told reporters that during his visits, he had discussed bilateral and multilateral issues with ...

By The Nation DAMASCUS - Irans influential parliament speaker Ali Larijani met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Friday to discuss a solution to the conflict in his countrys key ally, reports said. The meeting came as Moscow warned Turkey against deploying Patriot missiles on its troubled border with war-torn Syria after Ankara ...

By The Daily Star BEIRUT: Iranian SpeakerAli Larijanidescribed Friday Israels loss againstHamasin the eight-day conflict as a tsunami that hit the Jewish State. This victory by the segregated Palestinian people is a great victory and represents a tsunami on the Zionist entity, Larijani told reporters upon arrival at Rafik Hariri International ...

By The Daily Star BEIRUT: Irans Parliament SpeakerAli Larijanireiterated Friday his countrys support for dialogue as the only means to resolve the crisis inSyriaand said that the prospects of an Israeli attack against Iran have diminished following the Jewish states setback in Gaza. We support democratic reforms in this country [Syria], but the ...

By Al Manar The second day of meeting on Syrian National Dialogue opened behind the closed doors in Tehran on Monday where all Syrian groups are set to express their point of views transparently. The meeting is chaired by the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi. According to Salehi, the Tehran meeting on Syria was planned for one day; however,...

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- A meeting on Syria with the objective of peaceful settlement of conflicts opened in Iran's capital of Tehran on Sunday. According to local media, some 200 political representatives from Syrian ethnic groups, minorities and opposition, along with representatives of the Syrian government and parliament, have ...

By Xinhua TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) --Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili said Saturday that resumption of national dialogue and moving in the path of democracy is the key to resolvingSyrian issue, the state IRIB TV reported. Commenting on a meeting on Syria to be held in Tehran on Sunday, Jalili pointed out ...

By Reuters (Reuters) -Iran, the closest ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, will host a Syrian national dialogue meeting next week, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday. "The slogan of this one-day meeting will be 'no to violence, yes to democracy'," IRNA quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian as ...