Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Iran, Saudi among 30 countries invited to Syria talks Iranand Saudi Arabia, which back opposite sides in Syrias war, are among more than 30 countries slated to attend a peace conference next month, diplomats said.   Rouhani among the top 100 global thinkers of 2013 Foreign ...

(Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico held talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday to try to enable two Slovak paragliders who had been detained over accusations of spying to leave the country. Eight Slovaks were held inIranin May on suspicion of taking photographs of restricted areas. Six were freed in September. The Slovak ...

TEHRAN: Iran released on Wednesday the last two of eight Slovak paragliders who were arrested in May for allegedly spying, the official news agencyIRNAreported. "Two citizens who were arrested for violating the laws of theIslamic republic of Iranwere released and handed over to their embassy," said IRNA. By The Daily Star   The Iran ...