title: hillary clinton is setting a masterful trap for trump to self destruct
text: politics iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif photo by ap 
  iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif will pay an official oneday visit to russia for talks on the syrian crisis 
  iranian foreign ministry spokesman bahram qassemi said on wednesday that the top diplomat is due in moscow on friday 
  he said that zarif is scheduled to attend a trilateral meeting with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov and syrian foreign minister walid almuallem on regional developments including the conflict in syria 
  according to qassemi zarif will also hold a separate meeting with lavrov to discuss tehranmoscow relations 
  meanwhile russias ria news agency citing the russian foreign ministry reported that zarif and lavrov will also discuss the situation in iraq 
  muallems scheduled visit on friday had earlier been announced by the russian foreign ministry 
  iran and russia have similar stances on the ongoing deadly crisis in syria moscow and tehran reject any foreign interference in the affairs of the warhit country stressing that only the syrians are entitled to decide their own fate 
  iran has been providing military advisory assistance to the syrian government in its campaign against terrorism 
  russia has also been carrying out airstrikes against terrorists positions in syria since september last year at the official request of the damascus government 
  syria has been gripped by foreignbacked militancy since march  over  people have so far been killed in the conflict according to estimates by un special envoy for syria staffan de mistura  
  in neighboring iraq the arab countrys army is also pressing ahead with a massive operation aimed at recapturing mosul from daesh takfiri terrorists who captured the strategic city in june  
  the army has been liberating more areas aroundmosul with the iraqi joint operations command announcing that counterterrorism units were only two kilometers away from the city loading