DHAKA: UN-Arab League special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran in the coming days.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister announced on Sunday, Tehran Times prints this report on Monday.

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African affairs, said Brahimi will visit Tehran next week to hold meetings with Iranian officials.

According to reports, Brahimi had planned to visit Egypt, Syria, and Iran as part of efforts to push for holding peace conference on the Syrian crisis which is due take place in Geneva on November 23-24.

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