Iran’s security chief meets with Kofi Annan

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili met with the United Nations and Arab League’s special envoy for Syria Kofi Annan in Tehran on Tuesday.

Annan says Iran must be player in Syria talks

By Douglas Hamilton

BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan waded into big power politics on Tuesday, insisting regional heavyweight Iran should be involved in efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Syria crisis despite the West’s firm rejection of a role for Tehran.

Annan, Assad make a deal

UN special envoy Kofi Annan said he had agreed on a ceasefire with the Syrian President Bashar Assad, after meeting him in Damascus Monday. Annan’s next stop is Tehran.

World powers to blame for Syria deaths if talks fail: Annan

International envoy Kofi Annan warned world powers Saturday they would be partly responsible for further deaths of Syrians if they fail to agree on how to end the violence there.