No agreement on Iran invite to Syria conference


December 20, 2013 at 4:42p.m.

No agreement on Iran invite to Syria conference

GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. is blocking Iran’s participation at the Syria peace conference planned for next month. but the other delegations have been agreed on and will include other regional players such as Saudi Arabia, officials said today. The U.N.-Arab League’s Syria envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, said about 30 nations would be invited to a day of speech making planned for Jan. 22 in the city of Montreux, and Iran’s participation was the only sticking point, but was still a possibility. The Syrian opposition also has opposed Iran’s involvement.