TEHRAN – Kofi Annan, the UN-Arab League joint special envoy on Syria, is scheduled to arrive in Tehran on Monday to hold talks with Iranian officials over the Syrian crisis.

Annan held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad before heading for Tehran.

“I just had a positive and constructive discussion with President Assad,” Annan told reporters, according to Reuters. “We agreed an approach which I will share with the opposition.”