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FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2015, file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to a question during a news conference with his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias in Tehran, Iran. Zarif said Thursday, Dec. 17 there "seems to be no agreement" on two key issues just hours before the latest international conference on Syria is held Friday morning in New York. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran’s Zarif calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on Thursday for U.N.-mediated Syrian peace talks to resume after they were suspended on Wednesday and for an immediate ceasefire.

“We hope that the pause in the Geneva talks is only temporary,” Zarif said in an address to a donor conference in London.

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