An Iranian lawmaker says the long-awaited Geneva 2 conference which is meant to seek an end to the Syria crisis will hit a dead-end in the absence of Iran. Lawmaker Abbas Rajaee on Friday, condemned Western countries for trying to obstruct Iran presence in the conference, saying the crisis in Syria is a regional issue and influential regional players ...

[caption id="attachment_39049" align="alignright" width="210"] Iraqi soldiers stand guard along the Iraqi-Syrian border.[/caption] (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday thatIranwould have to accept proposals to bring about peace inSyriaagreed at an international conference in Geneva last year before it could take part ...

The Iranian ambassador to Damascus has underlined the need for the participation of all influential players in the region, in particular Iran, in the long-awaited Geneva 2 conference on Syria. The presence of Iran in the Geneva 2 conference will contribute to the settlement of the Syria crisis, Mohammad-Reza Raouf-Sheibani said on Monday. If there ...

[caption id="attachment_30287" align="alignright" width="210"] A file photo of the militants operating in Syria[/caption] Iran and Russia have underlined the need for promptly holding the upcoming Geneva talks to help find a political solution to the Syrian crisis despite opposition from the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC). During a meeting ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the new president of the so-called Syrian National Coalition (SNC) is hindering attempts to hold the proposed Geneva talks, which aim to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria. Ahmad Assi Jarba, the new SNC leader, said on July 7 that the foreign-backed opposition group would not attend the conference ...

A high-ranking Russian official says Moscow is strongly opposed to a repetition of the Libya scenario in Syria and believes that representatives of all Syrian parties, as well as neighboring countries and Iran, should attend the upcoming Geneva talks on the Syrian crisis. In an exclusive interview with the Arabic-language network Rusiya al-Yaum on ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for the participation of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the upcoming Geneva II conference on Syria, which seeks to find a solution to the ongoing crisis in the Arab country. Given their political status in the region, Iran and Saudi Arabia should be present in the Geneva conference, al-Maliki told Interfax ...

GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. secretary-general says the participation of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the proposed Syria peace talks in Geneva remains a stumbling block that hasnot yet been resolved. Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he expects both Syrian government and the opposition groups to send delegations to the talks, planned for this summer. Ban said ...

Russia has called on the United States to clarify its position on the Geneva 2 conference on Syria, which is aimed at ending the crisis in the country. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is leaving for Brunei on Monday to take part in the meeting of Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said the US should provide ...

Iran news headlines on Sunday includerising of Iranian rial currency; country navy commander dismissal ofIsraels growing war rhetoric against Iran as insignificant;inscription ofIrans Golestan Palaceon the World Heritage List; possibility of participation of Iran inGeneva meeting on Syria;Georgia block of Iranians' bank accounts and improvement ofcountrys ...

Irans Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has expressed Irans preparedness to participate in the upcoming international Geneva conference on Syria. If invited, we will definitely take part at the international Geneva conference on Syria, Salehi said at a Saturday joint press conference with his visiting Lebanese counterpart Adnan Mansour in Tehran. On ...

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says Tehran will decide on its presence in the Geneva II conference on Syria after the details of the event are announced. After the plans, date and agenda of the international Geneva conference on Syria are established, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide about participating in it, Araqchi said ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called for the presence of Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani in the upcoming Geneva international conference on Syria. We believe that Irans president-elect should participate in the Geneva II conference on Syria, IRNA quoted Lavrov as saying on Thursday. He emphasized that Iran and all neighboring ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described as significant the presence of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the international conference on Syria in Geneva. In the interests of the full involvement of interested influential sides, we believe in the necessity of the presence of delegations from Iran and Saudi Arabia. We continue contacts on the matter,...

(Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday opened the door toIranattending aSyriapeace conference, but reiterated that there was no future for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Global leaders called for the so-called Geneva 2 talks to be held as soon as possible to end the Syrian civil war but they avoided mentioning the fate of Assad ...

Irans Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the Islamic Republic has been verbally invited to the Geneva conference on Syria aimed at discussing the crisis in the Arab country. Iran has received a verbal invitation to attend the Geneva 2 Conference, Salehi said in an interview with the Lebanese channel al-Mayadeen on Monday. Whether Tehran participates ...

Iran news headlines on Saturday include leading of moderate clericRohani inIranelections; supreme leader calling participation in election as Islamic Republic winning;Israel urging tougher Iran sanctions and country possibility ofSyria conference boycott in case of Israel participation.   Rohani takes big lead in Irans presidential election ...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani warned that his country will boycott the international conference on Syria if Israel will participate. In an interview to the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen television channel, Larijani claimed that the Islamic Republic believes the violence in Syria serves the "Zionist regime" and the West. France is leading the opposition ...

[caption id="attachment_32515" align="alignright" width="210"] A general view taken on May 29, 2013 during a debate on Syria in Geneva.[/caption] MOSCOW:Iranhas received a verbal invitation to attend the proposed peace conference on Syria, the Islamic Republic's deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday without specifying who extended the invitation....

[caption id="attachment_31688" align="alignright" width="300"] Syrian forces stand in the main square of al-Qusayr on June 5, 2013 after regaining control of the town.[/caption] MOSCOW, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Ambassador to Russia said Monday that those who are against Tehran's participation in a conference of Syria did not want peaceful solution ...