UN to Discuss Syria’s Developments with Iran

Senior diplomatic sources revealed that the United Nations is due to send a top envoy to Tehran next week in a bid to discuss the humanitarian crisis created by terrorist groups and armed rebels in Syria.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told reporters that the UN and Arab League’s special envoy on Syria Kofi Annan is scheduled to arrive in Tehran next week to discuss ways of soothing the humanitarian crisis in Syria.

Salehi reiterated Iran’s support for Annan’s peace plan, and said that Iran believes there is a way out of the current humanitarian crisis in Syria and both sides should show self-restraint.

“We think that support for Mr. Annan’s peace plan by the Arab states, Turkey and the United Nations will help resolve the humanitarian crisis in Syria,” he said.

Salehi acknowledged that Iran has differences with the Turkish government on Syria, “but, we are involved in consultations with the friendly Turkish officials to narrow the gap on how to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Syria”.

He cautioned against hasty decisions about Syria, and said that leaving a power vacuum in Syria will jeopardize the peace and security of the entire region.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since last March with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian police forces and border guards being reported across the country.

Hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed, when some protest rallies turned into armed clashes.

The government blames outlaws, saboteurs, and armed terrorist groups for the deaths, stressing that the unrest is being orchestrated from abroad.

In October, calm was eventually restored in the Arab state after President Assad started a reform initiative in the country, but slaughterer Israel, the US and its Arab allies are seeking hard to bring the country into chaos through any possible means. Tel Aviv, Washington and some Arab capitals have been staging various plots in the hope of stirring unrests in Syria once again.