Iran praises Syria's decision to join chemical arms pact

Iran supports the Russian initiative to put Syria's chemical weapons arsenal under international control and the decision by Damascus to join a global anti-chemical weapons treaty, President Hassan Rohani said on Friday.

"We would like to support all these efforts ... the Russian initiative and Syria's decision to join the convention focused on chemical weapons," Rouhani said at a summit of a regional security group led by China and Russia. (Reuters)