Alwaght- Three days on since the recent agreement of the US and Russia on the issue of Syria, the first signs of its fragility are evident. As expected, and just like the other peace negotiations, Saudi-backed opposition groups sabotaged the agreement. Riyad Farid Hijab, coordinator of the Saudi-backed coalition of Syrian rebels known as the ...

US President Barack Obama says the crisis in Syria will not be resolved without support from Iran, Russia, Turkey and other regional countries. "In order for us to resolve [the Syrian crisis], there is going to have to be agreement among the major powers that are interested in Syria that this is not going to be won on the battlefield," Obama said ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Swedish special envoy for Syria praised Iran's efforts aimed at the settlement of the crisis in the Arab country. The Swedish Foreign Ministry's special envoy in Syria affairs held a meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for African and Middle Eastern Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Tehran on Tuesday. During ...

Irans Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the only way to put an end to the ongoing crisis in Syria is holding free elections. The sole diplomatic solution for the establishment of peace and stability in Syria is the holding of free elections, Larijani said in a meeting with Mexican Ambassador to Tehran Ulises Canchola Gutierrez on Saturday. He further ...

Tehran, April 6, IRNA - A group of international peace activists has arrived in Tehran to start a movement aimed at providing humanitarian aid to Syrians and the establishment of peace in Syria. The convoy, dubbed Pilgrims of Peace, includes activists from countries such as Britain, Canada, Germany, Lebanon, Australia, Pakistan, India and Iran. The ...

[caption id="attachment_92273" align="alignright" width="180"] The file photo shows a militant firing a rocket-propelled grenade during fighting in Homs Hamidiyah neighborhood in Syria.[/caption] A German lawmaker has underscored the importance of Irans role in resolving the Syria crisis, saying Tehrans contribution to efforts aimed at settling ...

TEHRAN, April 7 (MNA) The public relations office of Syrian Peace Pilgrimage Caravan has said the movement will hold Hails to Peace, Hails to Syria, conference on Tuesday in the University of Tehran. The conference will be held in universitys Sheikh Ansari Amphitheatre in Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. Attending in the caravan are Iranian ...

[caption id="attachment_73710" align="alignright" width="180"] A militant is seen clashing with Syrian government forces in the Salaheddin neighborhood of Syria's Aleppo on December 11, 2013.[/caption] The Iranian ambassador to Beirut and the UN special coordinator for Lebanon have stressed a political solution to the ongoing crisis in Syria. During ...

Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has underscored the need for Irans participation in any effort aimed at settling the crisis in Syria. Speaking at a seminar organized by the Aspen Institute in Rome on Thursday, Mogherini said that the Syrian crisis worries her the most, as it has lingered for three years, with the humanitarian situation ...

[caption id="attachment_21012" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran"s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] Tehran, March 17, IRNA An Iranian deputy foreign minister said Iran has devised a 4-aricle plan to resolve the Syrian crisis whose main points will be discussed with UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi before ...

New York, March 15, IRNA Iran?s Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations Gholam-Hossein Dehqani renewed Iran?s support for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. ?Iran has always reiterated since the beginning of unrests in Syria that the Muslim country?s crisis does not have a military solution and the only solution is a comprehensive political ...

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 ...

Qatar's foreign minister said Wednesday his country and Iran both back a "political solution" to the conflict in Syria despite their support for oppositesides. "Everyone is agreed on one point, that the Syrian crisis should be resolved through a political solution," Foreign Minister Khaled al-Attiyah told a joint news conference in Tehran with his ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   A supervisory nuclear group to be established An Iranian parliamentarian has said a special supervisory group will provide guidelines to nuclear negotiators.   Iran, Persian Gulf Arab states relations progressive Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs ...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all countries to stop fueling the bloodshed in Syria by dispatching weapons, and push for a political solution to the crisis in the Arab state. "I appeal to all states to stop fuelling the bloodshed and to end the arms flows to all parties," Ban said, addressing the 68th session of the UN General Assembly ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi have stressed the need for a political solution to the crisis in Syria. In a telephone conversation on Wednesday, the officials called on all sides to throw their weight behind a negotiated solution to the prolonged unrest in the Arab country....