UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura is scheduled to travel to Tehran on Sunday to discuss with Iranian officials ways of settling the Syrian crisis, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said

UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura is scheduled to travel to Tehran on Sunday to discuss with Iranian officials ways of settling the Syrian crisis, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.

Earlier on Friday, de Mistura praised Iran’s role on the ongoing crisis in Syria, stressing that the Syrian crisis should be settled through political approaches.

In mid-July, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed de Mistura as the new UN envoy to Syria to replace Lakhdar Brahimi.