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 ...

[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 ...

(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday left the door open forIranto participate in Syrian peace talks, saying Tehran could make a difference in ending the conflict. "Irancertainly does have an ability to be helpful and make a difference," Kerry told a news conference at the end of an international conference seeking to resolve ...

Washington The United States said Iran's absence from Syria peace talks would have no impact on the nuclear deal being brokered between Tehran and world powers. Washington spent months laying the groundwork with Moscow and the United Nations for the Syria peace conference dubbed Geneva II, which opened Wednesday in the Swiss town of Montreux. UN ...

Nasim The adviser of Irans Parliament speaker on International Affairs Hossein Sheikholeslam blamed US for the cancellation of Irans invitation to this weeks peace talks in Geneva over the Syrian crisis, saying that it shows UN is an American puppet rather than an independent organization. Sheikholeslam added that surely Mr. Ban KI-Moon gave up under ...

For three years, the Syrian civil war has continued unabated; and for three years, the so-called international community has achieved almost nothing other than to head off the wars escalation over the use of chemical weapons following President Barack Obamas ill-considered drawing of a red line against such use. Another try begins tomorrow in Geneva....

UNITED NATIONS Over the weekend Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, with a reputation for being risk averse, took a significant risk. He choreographed a precise diplomatic sequence on Syria that relied on others to perform their roles equally precisely. The choreography did not go as planned, and Mr. Ban stumbled under the spotlight....

[caption id="attachment_21012" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran"s Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] Tehran, Jan 21, IRNA Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian said Iran is not to participate in the Geneva II Conference because of the US irrational insistence on setting conditions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States on Monday welcomed U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's decision to rescind his invitation to Iran to attend an international conference on Syria this week, saying it hoped the move would refocus attention on the goals of the meeting. "We are hopeful that, in the wake of today's announcement, all parties can now return to ...

Washington Washington is in talks with the UN over the surprise invitation of Iran to Syria peace talks and expects the invite to be withdrawn, a US official said Monday. Iran has "never endorsed the Geneva I communique" which calls for a transitional government in Syria and "we expect the invitation will be rescinded," a senior State Department ...

Nasim The United States urged UN Secretary General to lay down Irans explicit and public support for the full implementation of the Geneva communique including the establishment of a transitional governing body as condition for Irans participation in the upcoming Geneva conference. This is something Iran has never done publicly and something we have ...

[caption id="attachment_59283" align="alignright" width="180"] Foreign-backed militants operating in Syria (file photo)[/caption] (Reuters) - Syria's political opposition said on Monday it will withdraw from international peace talks scheduled this week unless United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon retracts an invitation toIran, President Bashar ...

The US has made a major strategic mistake by preventing Iran from taking part in the upcoming Geneva conference on the Syrian crisis, a political analyst tells Press TV. Structurally, the United States has made several serious strategic errors. The first error is that they have excluded a regional power from the conference and that is Iran, said ...

[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] Moscow, Jan 13, IRNA Former Duma member and head of Russias center for the Middle East studies Shamil Sultanov said the US opposition to Irans attending ...

[caption id="attachment_72802" align="alignright" width="180"] A general view of the besieged area of Homs[/caption] Baku, Jan 10, IRNA A political analyst from Azerbaijan Republic said here Friday western countries sabotage against Irans presence in Geneva II International Peace Conference on Syria is both illogical and due to their enmity against ...

(Reuters) -Iranwill not attend peace talks on the Syrian civil war due to take place in Switzerland this month, senior State Department officials said on Friday. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that barring a dramatic change in Tehran's position,Iranwould neither participate formally in the January 22 talks nor join informally ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian parliamentary officials on Monday cautioned Washington to avoid repeating the mistake it committed at the time of the Geneva I conference on Syria and impeded Tehran's participation in the gathering. The continued policy of ignoring Iran in the Middle-East scene will certainly result in continued instability to the ...

Iranneeds to show that it can play a positive role in efforts to end the Syrian civil war if it wants to be included in a peace conference this month, two U.S. officials said. Iran could demonstrate that it wants to be helpful through actions such as pressing the Syrian government to end its bombardment of Aleppo and to facilitate humanitarian aid ...

An Iranian lawmaker says the US opposes Irans presence in the Syria crisis conference to serve the interests of Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime. The US is the main opponent of Irans presence in the Geneva II [conference] because it (Washington) seeks a military solution [to the Syria crisis] which will be beneficial to the Zionist regime (Israel) ...

Russia Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov says the US opposition to Irans participation in the upcoming international conference on Syria is illogical. Gatilov made the remarks on Friday following a tripartite meeting in Geneva with the US and the UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. We are certain that Iran participation ...