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Iran Seeks to Rally Support as Summit Starts

The Wall Street Journal
27th August 2012

Iran sought to rally developing nations behind its production of nuclear fuel Sunday at the start of a week of international diplomacy that could further increase tensions between Tehran and Washington.

Iran is hosting the summit of the 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement, a Cold War grouping of countries that seeks to promote the interests and independence of the developing world.

Iranian officials have made clear they will seek to use the six-day conference—which is expected to include the leaders of Egypt, India and Afghanistan—to unify the participants behind Tehran's insistence that it has the right to nuclear power and to enrich uranium and also to win support for its position on the crisis in Syria.

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