Last week, Iran hosted the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit. The movement’s rotational chairmanship passes on to Iran for three years and then to Iranian allies Venezuela and Bolivia. Iran will use NAM to pursue its signature combination of pragmatic and subversive policies in three main areas: to resolve the Syrian crisis, break the international sanctions against its oil industry, and assert its nuclear program.
At Non-Aligned Helm, Iran Will Drive Its Own Agenda
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