Iran on Thursday welcomed a UN peace plan aimed at ending the four-year war in its ally Syria, saying President Bashar Al-Assad's regime needed to be directly involved, AFP reports.
"This new plan is seen as a step by regional and international players toward a better understanding of the reality on the ground and on the political level," foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham was quoted as saying by the Iranian news agency ISNA.
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