Iran Enjoys Global Logic, View : Mashaei

Tehran, March 17, IRNA – Head of the Secretariat of the Non-Aligned Movement Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei said that Iran is an idealist country with an international viewpoint and a global logic. ˈIran has many plans for the future since it believes that humanity would experience a bright future as it was predicted in the Mahdaviat belief,ˈ Mashaei told IRNA in a recent exclusive interview. In Islamic eschatology, the Second Coming of Isa (Jesus) is preceded by the appearance of a figure known as the Mahdi or ˈrightly-guided oneˈ. Twelver Shī‘ah Muslims believe this person is the 12th Imam or ˈImam of the Timeˈ, who was hidden by God following the death of his father in 874 and will reappear as ˈthe restorer of religion and justice who will rule before the end of the worldˈ. Referring to the latest NAM summit which was held in Tehran last summer, Mashaei said Iran was determined to help materialize NAM goals. Iran is the current rotating president of the NAM. ˈIran is to help promote cooperation among NAM member states through a collective management, Mashaei said. He noted that political motives as well as economic pressures imposed by NAM non-member states as well as some of its powerful members are making the NAM secretariat situation more complicated, adding that in order to solve this problem, a specific solution is needed. He added that efforts have been made in the secretariat to help each member state present its plan to NAM troika (Iran, Egypt and Venezuela) to make the movement more independent and effective. The troika would, in turn, review those plans and make decisions through a collective management in order ˈto reach an ideal future ruled by justice,ˈ Mashaei stressed. Cooperation of all NAM members in an effective way is the policy pursued by Tehran during its NAM presidency, Mashaei said. He reiterated that NAM secretariat is determined to promote the movementˈs objectives./end