Iran opens nonaligned summit with calls for nuclear arms ban



Iran opens nonaligned summit with calls for nuclear arms ban

(Vahid Salemi/ Associated Press ) - An expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, takes place in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the vast powers of the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons even as Tehran faces Western suspicions that it is seeking its own atomic arms. Iran seeks to use the weeklong gathering as a showcase of its global ties and efforts to challenge the influence of the West and its allies.

(Vahid Salemi/ Associated Press ) - An expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, takes place in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the vast powers of the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons even as Tehran faces Western suspicions that it is seeking its own atomic arms. Iran seeks to use the weeklong gathering as a showcase of its global ties and efforts to challenge the influence of the West and its allies.
(Vahid Salemi/ Associated Press ) - Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi delivers a speech to an expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the vast powers of the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons even as Tehran faces Western suspicions that it is seeking its own atomic arms. Iran seeks to use the weeklong gathering -- capped by a two-day summit of various leaders -- as a showcase of its global ties and efforts to challenge the influence of the West and its allies.
(Vahid Salemi/ Associated Press ) - Damaged cars that three Iranian scientists, Masoud Ali Mohammadi, right, Majid Shahriari, center, and Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, were riding in when they were killed in bombings over the last three years are displayed outside a conference hall hosting the meeting of Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Iran says the attacks against its scientists are part of a covert campaign by Israel and the West to sabotage its nuclear program, which the U.S. and its allies suspect is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Posters show some of the slain scientist’s children who were not killed.
(Vahid Salemi/ Associated Press ) - Arab diplomats talk prior to the start of an expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the vast powers of the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons even as Tehran faces Western suspicions that it is seeking its own atomic arms. Iran seeks to use the weeklong gathering as a showcase of its global ties and efforts to challenge the influence of the West and its allies.
(Vahid Salemi/ Associated Press ) - Iran’s envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, left, talks with a foreign diplomat prior to the start of an expert-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2012. Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the vast powers of the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons even as Tehran faces Western suspicions that it is seeking its own atomic arms. Iran seeks to use the weeklong gathering as a showcase of its global ties and efforts to challenge the influence of the West and its allies.



By Associated Press, Published: August 26

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran opened a world gathering of self-described nonaligned nations Sunday with a slap at the U.N. Security Council and an appeal to rid the world of nuclear weapons, even as Tehran faces Western suspicions that it is seeking its own atomic bombs.

Iran seeks to use the weeklong gathering — capped by a two-day summit of Non-Aligned Movement leaders — as a showcase of its global ties and efforts to challenge the influence of the West and its allies. Among those expected to attend include U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, whose nation remains an important Iranian oil customer as Tehran battles Western sanctions over its nuclear program.





The 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement, a holdover from the Cold War’s pull between East and West, is also seen by Iran and others as an alternative forum for current world discussions. Iran says it plans talks on a peace plan to end Syria’s civil war, but no rebel factions will attend because of Tehran’s close bonds with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi opened the gathering by noting commitment to a previous goal from the nonaligned group, known as NAM, to remove the world’s nuclear arsenals within 13 years.

“We believe that the timetable for ultimate removal of nuclear weapons by 2025, which was proposed by NAM, will only be realized if we follow it up decisively,” he told delegates.

Iran insists it does not seek nuclear weapons. The U.S. and allies suspect that Tehran’s uranium enrichment could eventually lead to warhead-level material. They have imposed ever-tighter sanctions on Iran’s banking and oil exports in attempt to wring concessions.

Israel has said that it would consider military options if diplomacy and economic pressures fail to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

Salehi criticized Israel for remaining outside the U.N. main treaty governing the spread of nuclear technology. Israel refused to discuss the full range of its military capabilities, but it is widely believed to have a nuclear arsenal.

Iran ally North Korea has withdrawn from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun arrived in Tehran Sunday to attend the meetings.

Outside the meeting site, Iran displayed three cars damaged by bomb blasts that Iran has blamed on agents from Britain, the U.S. and Britain. At least five members of Iranian scientific community, including nuclear experts, have been killed since early 2010 as part of a suspected covert war with its main foes.

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Iran needs the bomb like diaper rash needs sandpaper!!



Here's why: Watch the movie "Iranium"

http://youtu.be/t4IDy-0CJbE

Lets hope we can have a nuclear free middle east and a peace that is fair to all.

Disarm Israels nukes and make the middle east free of that threat.

Israel is not a state supporter of terrorism but Iran is.
Israel does not threaten others with annihilation but Iran DOES.

Israel has a free and open society with religious freedom and
freedom of speech for everyone.

Iran has religious fundamentalist radical Islamic leaders who believe
that they have the right to dictate to the rest of the world how they
should worship God - and support terrorism to coerce others to follow
their perversion of Islam.

No nukes for the Mullahs of Iran.

Don"t you think killing those Iranian scientists was an act of state sponsored terrorism?

Terrorism is trying to kill as many innocent civilians as possible.
So, sorry but trying to stop illegal Iranian nuclear enrichment
when Iran is promising to nuke you with it does not make the grade.

Trying to stop the Iranian nuclear material buildup and nuclear
weapons development in Iran is actually noble and honorable work.
May the Iranian centrifuges be destroyed soon!

Lets hope not I am in no hurry to pay ten bucks a gallon for gas.

If Iran does create a bomb and no one says they are it would be only defensive due to the fact it would be suicide to ever use it.

You know it, I know it and everyone in a position to do something about it knows it.