Via BBC:
The US has urged the UN to drop its invitation to Iran to join peace talks on Syria, due to begin on Wednesday.
US officials and the Western-backed opposition said Iran had not backed the aim of the peace talks, which was to form a Syrian transitional government.
The opposition National Coalition said it would pull out if Iran, a key ally of Syria’s regime, goes to the talks.
Meanwhile, President Bashar al-Assad has reiterated that he will not share power with the National Coalition.
He said on Monday that the possibility of the National Coalition obtaining any ministerial positions in a new government was “totally unrealistic”.