Rebuffing Israel, UN Chief Heads to Iran for Non-Aligned Movement Summit Meeting
<div class='node-body'><p>Brushing aside a warning by the Israeli government and rebuffing a campaign by pro-Israeli lobbying groups in the United States, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has decided to visit Iran next week to participate in the summit meeting of the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), described as the world’s largest single political coalition.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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