[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:�Iran�has 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.
"Ten days ago, we received a verbal invitation to take part in this conference," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister�Hossein Amir Abdollahian�told reporters in Moscow.

"The conference will be successful if all the influential countries take part."

Russia�has backed Iran's representation at the so-called�Geneva�2 talks, meant to push forward a political transition in�Syria�after negotiations in the Swiss city failed to achieve tangible results last June.

But Western countries, including the�United States�and France, have questioned Iran's participation because of its strong alliance with Syrian President�Bashar al-Assad�and links to the�Hezbollah�militia in Lebanon.

The fate of the Geneva 2 talks seems to be hanging in the balance because of the major nations' failure to agree on a list of participants and the Syrian opposition's refusal to attend the meeting at a time of significant reverses on the ground.

By The Daily Star

 

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