Iranian Hopes Dashed at Non-Aligned Summit
August 31, 2012
Iran hosted a summit of the 120-nation Non-Aligned movement this week. But the conference did not go exactly as Iranian leaders had hoped, with several delegates openly opposing some of Iran’s most controversial policies.
It was an extremely diverse group that met in Tehran, representing more than half the world’s countries. Among the 120 delegation chiefs were more than two dozen heads of state.
But with such a broad-based group, it was likely to be difficult to reach agreement on anything but the most general policy pronouncements.
That would not accommodate Iran’s hope to garner support for its nuclear program, its strident stance against the West and Israel, and its support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Egypt’s newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi provided the best example of that with a sharp attack on President Assad, saying he leads an “oppressive” regime that has lost its legitimacy. The Syrian delegation walked out in protest.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon also disappointed the Iranians, who had urged him to attend the conference. He told Iranian leaders to take “concrete” steps and fully comply with Security Council resolutions demanding inspections of its nuclear facilities.
And in the middle of the summit, the U.N.’s Atomic Energy Agency issued a report saying Iran has more than doubled the capacity of its uranium enrichment program at a secure underground site.
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