The United Nations has withdrawn its invitation to Iran to attend this week's Syria peace talks after the Syrian political opposition threatened to pull out. The UN said Iran did not believe in its goal of establishing a transitional governing body.
Iran has accepted an invitation by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to attend international peace talks on Syria in Geneva, the student news agency ISNA reported.
It quoted Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham as saying:
"We have always rejected any precondition for attending the Geneva 2 meeting on Syria....Based on the official invitation that we have received, Iran will attend the Geneva 2 without any preconditions".
Syria's political opposition has said it will withdraw its attendance at the conference unless Mr Ban rescinds his invitation to Iran.
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