Iranian Delegation Takes Initiative in U.N. Summit

September 16, 2005

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Iran has taken the initiative in its attempts to win support of the diplomatic delegations attending the UN summit for its stance.

Iran and the stances of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on different global issues, including nuclear energy, have been among the main topics of debate among the diplomatic delegations meeting on the sidelines of the 60th UN General Assembly.

The world leaders attending the meeting have been divided into two groups.

One group led by the US have been trying to talk with the heads of state and prominent figures to win their support in their favor and eventually refer Iran's nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council.

The Iranian delegation has, on the other hand, been delivering speeches, and holding meetings and talks to outline its principled stances on different global issues as well as Iran's unquestionable right to benefit from nuclear energy so that the rival faction would not be able to affect them adversely.

To this attempt, a total of 300 UN-based reporters and more than 1,000 reporters accompanying delegations to cover the UN summit, have been informed of Iran's stances.

The news teams here have put events related to the Iranian delegation, the US and Zionist regime in their agenda, following up the issue with special sensitivity.

Under conditions when the US, backed by its mass media and the terrorist Mujahideen Khalq Organization (MKO) -- dubbed in Iran as hypocrites -- had been trying to thwart efforts of the Iranian delegation, the latter managed to take the initiative and foil the US attempts by benefiting from the statements of President Ahmadinejad and his two rounds of meetings and talks with the UN Chief Kofi Annan and the EU3 Foreign Ministers.

China and Russia also refused to support US attempts against Iran. Without mentioning the US, Chinese President Hu Jintao called on the world leaders to put aside the cold war mentality and let countries choose their own social system and their path to development themselves and respect rights of others.

Meanwhile, reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors show that the board experts are contented that the US efforts to refer Iran's nuclear case to the UN Security Council have faced deadlock.

The US State Secretary Condoleezza Rice, whose group is trying hard to beef up pressure on the Iranian delegation, has implicitly acknowledged that referral of Iran's nuclear case to the UN Security Council is not as easy as the US had imagined and would be difficult.

She desperately said that the US is still following up the case of sending Iran's nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council and the referral might be delayed.

The Iranian delegation has been trying to build up more contacts with different delegations to garner support for Tehran.

Stances of Ahmadinejad have been the focal point of attention, turning him into a major newsmaker in the UN summit.

Ahmadinejad is to deal with the global and regional subjects in the UN General Assembly session.