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,...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russia thinks that Iran's participation in the Geneva-2 international peace conference on Syria could play a positive role and hopes that there will be a way to involve that state in the negotiating process, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkintold a news conference on Wednesday. "We think it a mistake that Iran ...

[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] Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA Deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs referred to US failure in achieving desirable objectives from Geneva II ...

[caption id="attachment_79956" align="alignright" width="180"] Ernesto Zedillo, Kofi Annan, Desmond Tutu and Martti Ahtisaari arrive in Tehran, 26 January 2014.[/caption] LONDON: A delegation of former world leaders from The Elders group called Thursday forIranto be included in resolving theSyriaconflict, following a three-day trip to Tehran. Led ...

As he said there was no breakthrough made at negotiations between delegations of Syria government and the foreign-backed opposition, International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Irans presence in the peace talks could be useful. "Nobody's walking out. Nobody's running away," Brahimi said on Tuesday. "We have not actually made a breakthrough, but we ...

Madrid, Jan 29, IRNA Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana reiterated that Iran should have taken part in the Geneva II talks. ?I believe that Iran should have participated in the Geneva II conference, although it was still present in the conference despite having physical presence at the conference,? Solana said. ?I liked Iran to have ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Beijing is convinced that peaceful solutions can and need to be found to the Syrian and Iranian problems, China's Ambassador to Russia Li Hui said. "I am confident concerning the prospects for resolving the Syria and Iranian issues peacefully. If the sides make joint efforts, continue full-fledged consultations and successfully overcome ...

CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPSfeatures an interview with Iranian PresidentHassan Rouhani. He spoke with Fareed about the nuclear negotiations, the sanctions, and Syria's civil war. FAREED ZAKARIA, HOST: President Rouhani, it is a great honor to have you. PRES. HASSAN ROUHANI, IRAN: I am also happy to be here. FAREED:In an interview last week with ...

Holding the Geneva II conference on the crisis in Syria without the participation of Iran is a futile move, says a former member of New Zealands parliament. The presence of the terrorists supporters - from all over the world and Western countries led by the US - in the Geneva II conference complicated things in the confab, said Richard Mason, adding ...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivered one of his best speeches since he assumed his post last year. His attempt came during the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday morning. Rouhani said he attempted to establish constructive participation with his neighbors and pledged that his country has no intentions to possess nuclear weapons. In ...

Without Iranian and Saudi participation in talks on Syria, we will continue with small agreements which probably will be difficult to implement on the ground, Paolo Raffone, Middle East expert, told RT. RT:This agreement in Geneva looks like a breakthrough, but do the opposition delegates have the authority to make sure civilians are given safe passage ...

TEHRAN, Jan. 25 (MNA) Irans president has said upon his arrival back the Islamic Republic of Iran's presence in the 48th Davos Forum overshadowed the Geneva II conference on Syria. "Both during the course of the Davos gathering and in the three, or four interviews that we had with Swiss TV, the CNN and the Euronews, the coverage of the news,...

(Reuters) - Former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan said on Friday thatIranhad an essential role to play in guaranteeing stability in the Middle East and urged U.S. lawmakers to give a diplomatic detente with Tehran a chance. Annan's successor as U.N. chief, Ban Ki-moon, this week issued and then withdrew an invitation to Iran to join international ...