The UN has withdrawn its invitation to Iran to join this week's peace conference on the Syria crisis.
UN spokesman Martin Nesirky criticised Tehran for failing to back the plan to form a Syrian transitional government, which is the basis of the conference.
The invitation to Iran, a key ally of the Syrian regime, angered the US and the Western-backed Syrian opposition.
The peace conference, due to begin on Wednesday, is the biggest diplomatic effort to end the three-year conflict.
More than 100,000 people have been killed and millions more displaced in the three-year war.
The Syrian regime and the main exiled opposition group, the National Coalition, are due to send delegates to the conference.
The National Coalition had threatened to pull out if the invitation to Iran was not rescinded.
UN 'disappointed'
UN 'disappointed'
The Syrian government and the main exiled opposition group, the National Coalition, are due to send delegates to the conference, which begins in the Swiss town of Montreux.
The National Coalition had threatened to pull out if the invitation to Iran was not rescinded, but they have since confirmed that they will now be attending.
Withdrawing the invitation was "the right thing to do", Monzer Akbik, the National Coalition's chief of staff, told the BBC.
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