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Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Akbar Salehi speaks during a joint press conference with United Nations and Arab League envoy for the crisis in Syria Kofi Annan (unseen) in Tehran on July 10, 2012, after Annan agreed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on a new political „approach” to end the 16-month-old conflict. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE