…really?
Via CNN:
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has invited Iran to participate in upcoming peace talks on Syria, a move that immediately angered the opposition.
The invitation to this week’s opening-day session of the so-called Geneva 2 came as he held a surprise news conference at U.N. headquarters Sunday night.
“As I have said repeatedly, I believe strongly that Iran needs to be part of the solution to the Syrian crisis,” Ban said.
The Secretary-General added that he has spoken “at length” with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in recent days.
“He has assured me that, like all the other countries invited to the opening day discussions in Montreux, Iran understands that the basis of the talks is the full implementation of the 30 June 2012 Geneva Communique, including the Action Plan.