Sanctions? What sanctions? Over 100 countries at non-aligned movement, but is Hamas there?
So much for Iran being isolated by sanctions. Some 100 countries have showed up to the Non-Aligned movement summit in Tehran, including 2 Kings, 27 Presidents, 7 Prime Ministers and one Ban Ki-Moon. Delegates attending the first meetings of the conference Sunday morning were greeted at the entrance to the convention center by an exhibition of the cars of three Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated in recent months.Iran will chair the non-aligned movement for the next three years.
The exhibition, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency, "displays the cars carrying martyrs Masoud Ali-Mohammadi, Dariush Rezaienezhad and Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan when they were assassinated. The three scientists as well as Majid Shahriari were assassinated by Zionist regime elements."
Another exhibit at the conference, according to IRNA, is one dubbed "Iran, Victim of Terrorism [that] shows in picture the history of terrorist attacks in Iran, in different languages, after the victory of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution."
Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi addressed the opening meeting of the NAM conference by blasting Israel, saying – according to Fars –that the "tragedy of Palestine" is "the root cause of conflicts in the region."
"We, as the main part of the international community, want a just policy to determine the fate of the Palestinians and oppose the illegitimate acts of the Zionist regime," Salehi said. He was quoted by the news agency as saying that peace in the region is not possible through support for the Zionist regime's "blind terrorism, occupation and torture."
In an indication of how Iranian officialdom will use the conference for its own purposes. Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said Sunday that the summit "demonstrates the Islamic Iran's thriving power," despite "all the propaganda launched [by the West] about Iran's isolation on the international scene.
"Surely, holding the summit in Iran can give more power to the Islamic Republic ruling system and create abundant opportunities in the international arena," the minister was quoted as saying by Fars.
In the meantime, 'Moderate' 'Palestinian' President
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he would not allow Iran to divide the Palestinians.Unfortunately, Israel is in a region where the delusions perpetrated by a charlatan like Gal-On are taken seriously. Shame on her for allowing Abu Bluff to pretend that he is negotiating with Israel.
Abbas's comments came after reports that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had invited Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to attend the meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, beginning on Sunday. PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki announced Sunday that contrary to Hamas claims, Iran has not invited Haniyeh to attend the conference in Tehran. Abbas had agreed to attend the meeting on the condition that he would be the sole representative of the Palestinian people at the meeting.
The PA president made the comments as he was meeting with Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On at his headquarters in Ramallah. Abbas agreed to meet with Gal-On, even though for over three years he has consistently refused to hold direct negotiations with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu toward the resolutions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
An Israeli official said in response that such conversations were not a substitute for speaking with Netanyahu. “He [Abbas] is not going to bridge the gaps between Israelis and Palestinians by speaking to the opposition,” the official said.
“His biggest failing is that he refuses to negotiate with the elected government of Israel,” he said.
“I am sure that Abu Mazen [Abbas] reads the polls and understands that she [Gal-On] is not about to become the leader of Israel,” the official said.
Labels: Abu Mazen, Iran, Iran sanctions regime, Non-Aligned Movement
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