Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian president hails ‘Syrian revolution’ in Tehran non-aligned summit.

Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian president hails ‘Syrian revolution’ in Tehran non-aligned summit.(AA).Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi hailed “brave” Syrians and Palestinians for their struggle against oppression during his speech at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran on Thursday. Contrary to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ignored the Syrian conflict in his opening speech, Mursi said that Egypt is “ready” to aid and help the Syrian revolution. He said that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has lost legitimacy and the international community must work to stop the bloodshed in the country. “Our solidarity with the struggle of the Syrian people against an oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy is an ethical duty as it is a political and strategic necessity,” he said. The Syrian delegation, meanwhile, left the non-aligned meeting when Mursi criticized the Syrian government. 
The Egyptian leader also said that it is not “acceptable” that none of the African nations have permanent membership in the U.N. Security Council, which he urged for it to be more “representative.”
The U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon jolted his Iranian hosts for a nonaligned nations meeting Wednesday by pointing out “serious concerns” in Tehran’s human rights record and urging cooperation with the world body to improve freedoms. Ban Ki-moon had signaled he would not shy away from criticism of Iran during his visit to the NAM gathering in Tehran. “I strongly reject threats by any member state to destroy another or outrageous attempts to deny historical facts such as the Holocaust,” he said in his speech. “Claiming that Israel does not have the right to exist or describing it in racist terms is not only wrong but undermines the very principle we all have pledged to uphold.” Iran’s opposition groups had urged Ban to use his appearance in Tehran as a platform to criticize Iran’s ruling system over its crackdowns on political dissent, including the house arrests of opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi. U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky said in his talks, Ban expressed frustration that “little tangible progress” has been made in talks between Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program. No date has been set to resume negotiations after several rounds over the past months.Read the full story here.