With careful planning, a transition commission has the potential to inspire confidence and contribute to a more democratic and prosperous Iran, benefitting the Middle East and the wider world.

What is not in any doubt is that Syria’s transitional government is keeping its erstwhile ally Iran at bay. In an interview with Al Jazeera, the prime minister of Syria’s new transitional government, ...

Syria will set up commissions for justice and missing persons tasked with probing crimes committed during the rule of the Assad family, compensating victims and finding thousands of people whose ...