From Iran blames ‘terrorists’ for Syria peace talks collapse
Iran blames the failure of Syria peace talks on the participation of “terrorists,” state media says Wednesday ahead of an international meeting to try to get the process back on track.
“What created problems at the recent Syria meeting in Geneva was not having differentiated between the opposition and terrorists,” Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura by telephone, according to state broadcaster IRIB.
The presence of “certain terrorists” was “not constructive,” he is quoted as saying.
Iran openly gives financial and military support to the regime of its close ally Syrian President Bashar Assad, which objects to the inclusion in peace talks of Islamist rebels whom it brands “terrorists.”
— AFP
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