Iran to ask for support on Syrian ceasefire at Non-Aligned Movement summit. Published time: August 29, 2012 17:25 Edited time: August 30, 2012 06:15 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) speaks with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) upon arrival for the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran August, 29, 2012.
(Reuters/Arash Khamooshi/ISNA/Handout) While attending the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Iranian leaders to take steps to prove the country’s nuclear program is peaceful and use their influence to help end the Syrian conflict. Ban is attending the summit despite objections from the US and Israel. Iran is also expected to ask the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) nations at the summit to back its call for a Syrian ceasefire. The Non-Aligned Movement has become a platform for developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The Syrian conflict is one of several topics on Ban's agenda. Iran offering a full plate for summit attendees.
Egypt president to visit Bushehr nuclear plant: Iran lawmaker. A senior Iranian lawmaker says Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will visit Bushehr nuclear facilities on the sideline of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.
Mansour Haqiqatpour, member of Iran's Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, said on Sunday that Tehran was prepared for a visit by the NAM heads of state to Natanz, Isfahan and Bushehr nuclear facitlites. “One of Iran's programs on the sidelines of the NAM summit is inviting heads of state to visit Iran's nuclear facilities,” Haqiqatpour said. The 16th summit of the NAM member states kicked off in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Sunday. At the opening ceremony of the NAM expert-level meeting, Iran assumed the rotating presidency of the movement for three years.
Egypt's Ambassador to the United Nations Moataz Khalil formally handed over the presidency of the NAM to Iran. The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program. Where Will Morsi’s Embrace of Ahmadinejad Lead? Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Photo: wiki commons. After Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi embraced Iranian President Muhammad Ahmadinejad at the summit of the Organization of Islamic States Saudi Arabia, sources in the office of the Egyptian presidency announced that Morsi was planning to visit Tehran for the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the end of August. The NAM grouping of mostly Third World countries was first established in 1961 as a neutral alternative to the West and the Soviet bloc. This year it is holding its meeting with heads of state in Iran. This would be the first visit of an Egyptian president to Iran since the fall of the Shah and the Islamic Revolution that followed in 1979.
This reconciliation has been an aspiration of the Muslim Brotherhood since the days of its founder, Hassan al-Banna. In other words, from Homs to Allepo, Iranian Shiite soldiers are killing Sunni Arabs. Egypt's Mohammed Morsi in Iran: Genius or Amateur? Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi is seen before his meeting with Iran's Executive Vice President Hamid Baghai at Mehrabad airport in Tehran ahead of the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, August 30, 2012.
(photo by REUTERS/Roohollah Vahdati/ISNA) Author: Dina Esfandiary Posted September 1, 2012 This week, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran opened to what some considered rather surprising rhetoric on the Syrian uprising, especially given the context. This demonstrated two things: That Egypt’s newly elected Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, is conscious of the diplomatic game and will adamantly pursue the independence of Egyptian foreign policy. And that Iran's Islamic regime will stop at nothing to prove that they are not isolated. Summary⎙ Print The NAM summit invitation was a catch-22 for Morsi. Author Dina Esfandiary Posted September 1, 2012 The NAM summit invitation was a catch-22 for Morsi. Morsi chose to go because it was the least contentious thing to do.