Iranian FM Zarif invited to multinational talks on Syria

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and three of his deputies will participate in the next round of multilateral talks on the future of Syria, reports said. It is the first time that Iran, which supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, has been invited to international discussions on finding a way to end the civil war. Zarif and his delegation will join representatives from the US, Russia, France, the EU, Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, the UAE and Lebanon at the talks on Thursday in Vienna.