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From Tehran: Iran Using Summit To Showcase Victims, Friends

As host of a summit of non-aligned countries, Iran hopes to prove that it has more friends than enemies at a time of multiplying sanctions and Israeli threats to attack its nuclear installations, writes Barbara Slavin from Tehran. One test of the conference's success from Iran’s point of view is how many heads of state actually show up.
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TEHRAN — Iran is using its position as host of a summit of non-aligned countries to underline its right to nuclear energy and to remind the world that Iran has also been the victim of terrorism.

Tehran is festooned with colored lights, security personnel and placards hailing the non-aligned grouping — which originated in the days of East-West Cold War divisions — as “a symbol of independence throughout the world.”

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