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Iran uses Non-Aligned Movement summit to criticize U.S., West

Posted: 26 Aug 2012 06:06 PM PDT

Iran's foreign minister accuses Western powers of terrorist acts as he opens the conference. Representatives of Egypt, North Korea and India are attending.

TEHRAN — Anti-Western symbolism was rampant across Iran's capital city on Sunday as the Islamic Republic welcomed attendees of a weeklong gathering of nonaligned nations, a Cold War-era movement that Iranian officials have embraced as a counterweight to U.S.-led efforts to isolate their country.