NAM Summit in Tehran August 26 - 31

The 16th heads-of-state summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Tehran will be an excellent chance for the country to confront the West's illegal sanctions, a senior Iranian legislator said on Tuesday.

Meantime, the Iranian lawmaker stated that Tehran plans to lead the meeting towards economic independence, and added, "We wish the NAM countries to prepare the grounds for confronting the economic threats posed by the hegemonic states."

The 16th NAM summit will be held in Tehran from August 26 to 31. Iran will assume the rotating presidency of the movement from Egypt for three years during the upcoming summit.

Despite the rules enshrined in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entitling every member state, including Iran, to the right of uranium enrichment, Tehran is now under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment.