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Syria peace talks to go ahead without Iran

The United Nations has withdrawn its invitation to Iran to attend this week's Syria peace talks after the Syrian political opposition threatened to pull out.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.

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Syria opposition waits for UN's decision on Iran

A coalition of Syria's political opposition groups has said it is waiting to hear whether the UN Secretary General will rescind Iran's invitation to take part in peace talks.

The group previously gave the UN a deadline of 7pm to make a decision.

A statement from the group said it expects the Secretary General to hold a press conference in the next few hours.

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