After The NAMSummit, Is Iran Still Isolated?

NAM Summit: Iran Attempts To Prove Western Efforts To Isolate It Have Failed -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

Though Iran pulled out all the stops this week as host of the Non-Aligned Movement summit, it was met with some heavy international criticism.

The news anchor on Iran's state-run PressTV did not mince his words: The summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) wrapping up today in Tehran was the "most important" political event in the 33-year history of the Islamic Republic.

Iran certainly mounted an extravagant show for the high-ranking delegations from 120 nations as it sought to demonstrate it was engaged with the world, not isolated from it.

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Update: Iranian Hopes Dashed at Non-Aligned Summit -- Voice of America

My Comment: The Iranians did not expect any criticism .... and they did not receive the public support that they had expected from fellow members. In this regards .... for Iran the NAM was a bust.

120 Nations Of The Non-Aligned Movement Meet In Iran

Non-Aligned Nations Meet In Iran -- Voice of America

Representatives of nearly 120 nations, including dozens of heads-of-state, have convened in Tehran for a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement.

At the opening ceremony Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi called for NAM leaders to stand against Western sanctions imposed to punish Tehran for its nuclear activities.

Salehi also urged NAM to take a stand against terrorism, especially of the state-sponsored type, and accused U.S., British, and Israeli intelligence services of being involved in the murders of four Iranian nuclear scientists since 2010.

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More News On The Non-Aligned Nations Meeting In Iran

Iran opens 120-nation non-aligned summit, defying Western isolation -- Haaretz/Reuters
Iran opens NAM Summit, urges U.N. reforms -- UPI
Iran hails Non-Aligned summit as diplomatic coup against West -- Reuters
U.N. Visit Will Set Back a Push to Isolate Iran -- New York Times
Iran takes on U.N. at global meeting -- CNN
Non-Aligned Movement Summit Kicks Off In Tehran: An Alternative United Nations? -- International Business Times

My Comment: 120 nations attending the conference in Tehran .... so much for the international efforts to isolate Iran.