Speaking at the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s School of International Relations on August 30, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, “I have urged the authorities during my visit this time to release opposition leaders, human rights defenders, journalists and social activists to create the conditions for free expression and open debate.
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UN’s Ban Ki-moon urges Iran to release opposition leaders, activists
The voices of Iranian people must be must during next year’s presidential election, secretary general tells audience at Tehran university.
Open letter from Reporters Without Borders to Ban-Ki-moon on the occasion of his visit to Iran
Ban Ki-moon Secretary-General United Nations New York United States Paris, 29 August 2012 Dear Secretary-General, As you prepare to attend the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran on 30 and 31 August, Reporters Without Borders wishes to draw your attention to the woeful state of freedom of information in Iran, and to the […]
UN Chief Arrives In Tehran For NAM Summit
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Tehran to attend the Nonaligned Movement (NAM) summit and hold talks with top Iranian leaders.
Tehran Welcomes Ban Ki-moon, Ignores Ahmed Shaheed
Over the past few days, hundreds of Iranians have engaged in a letter-writing campaign to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, as he prepares to visit Tehran to attend the Non-Aligned Movement Conference.
Ministers meet at NAM conference
The NAM ministerial conference opened in Tehran today, Tuesday August 28, to review the draft document of proposals that is to be adopted at the end of the summit by the leaders of the participating countries.
Tehran Might Allow Diplomats To Visit Suspected Nuclear Site
A satellite image of the Parchin military facility. Iran has hinted it might allow diplomats visiting Tehran for this week’s Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to visit a military installation that UN inspectors suspect has been used for nuclear military experiments.
Activists urge UN chief to visit opposition leaders
More than 400 Iranian political and social activists have written to the UN Secretary General to urge him to visit Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest in Iran for more than 18 months.
NAM Meeting to Commence on Sunday
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Tehran will be commenced in expert-level on Sunday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast announced on Saturday that more than eighty countries will attend the NAM gathering in the foreign minister and higher level in the 16th NAM summit. The Nam summit agenda includes political, international, social […]
Iran Aligns Itself For An Image Makeover
When Iran hosts a five-day summit of the Nonaligned Movement this week, it will be doing more than just staging its largest international event in more than a decade. It will be taking steps to shed its image as a global pariah.