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(CNN) -- Iran won't be attending this week's international peace conference on Syria because it won't embrace the framework laid out in a previous conference, U.N. and Iranian officials said Monday. 

The last-minute invitation to Iran, a leading Syrian ally, had threatened to derail the talks after the leading Syrian opposition group and the United States spoke out against it. Louay Safi, a spokesman for the Syrian National Coalition, called Iran's attendance "a deal-breaker." 

Iran announced Monday afternoon that it would not accept "any preconditions" for joining the talks, slated to begin Wednesday in Switzerland. That includes acceptance of the communique issued at the first Geneva conference in 2012, said Mohammad Khazaee, Tehran's U.N. ambassador. 

"If the participation of Iran is conditioned to accept Geneva I communique, Iran will not participate in Geneva II conference," Khazaee said in a written statement Monday afternoon. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif had made a similar declaration on Iranian state TV earlier Monday. 

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who issued the invitation Sunday, believed he had Iran's assurance that it accepted the original Geneva declaration, his spokesman, Martin Nesirky, told reporters. 

"The secretary-general is deeply disappointed by Iranian public statements today that are not at all consistent with that stated commitment," Nesirky said.The declaration "remains the internationally agreed framework for ending the crisis," he said -- and without Iran's acceptance, this week's conference "will proceed without Iran's participation," he added. 

The goal of the talks is to set up a transitional government to help end the violence that has wracked the country.  (End of story)

Provide your best guess for the following question. Give ONLY the guess, no other words or explanation.

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Guess: <most likely guess, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the guess!>

Here are a few examples of questions and answers:

Question: Who will not be in attendance to the meeting?
Guess: Iran

Question: why?
Guess: because it won't embrace the framework laid out in a previous conference

Question: says who?
Guess: U.N. and Iranian officials

Question: when?
Guess: Monday

Question: What was the topic of the meeting?
Guess: Syria

Question: Was Iran invited?
Guess: Yes

Question: when?
Guess: at the last-minute

Question: who was against it?
Guess: the leading Syrian opposition group

Question: what is the end result they want to achieve?
Guess: peace

Question: What kind of government do they want to establish?
Guess: transitional

Question: why?
Guess: to help end the violence

Question: What as is caused?
Guess: unknown

Now answer the following question in the same format.

Question: Who made an announcement Monday?

U.N. and Iranian officials