UN Envoy Travels to Iran to Discuss Syria Crisis

The U.N.-Arab League envoy for Syria is in Iran as part of a regional tour aimed at building support for a peace conference in Geneva next month. Lakhdar Brahimi flew to Iran Saturday. His schedule calls for him to meet with high-ranking Iranian officials on the Syria crisis, including Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, and on next month's proposed conference in Geneva. Brahimi has previously called on Iran to participate in the so-called "Geneva Two" conference, which ...

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