Major-General Robert Mood, left, head of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria and Chief Military Observer, speaks during a news briefing alongside Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, June 22, 2012. Annan said Friday he continues to hold out hope that his six-point peace plan might succeed eventually in Syria, but believes Iran should be involved in efforts by world powers to end the escalating violence that has claimed thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini)