Iran offers to host talks among Palestinian groups

Iran offered to host talks among different Palestinian groups in Tehran to help facilitate their unification process, Director-General of the Iranian Presidential Office for International Affairs Mohammad Reza Forqani announced on Monday. Forqani made the remarks, pointing to the recent meeting between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran. “The president announced Iran’s preparedness to host the Palestinian groups’ negotiations in a move to unite them,” he told Fars news agency (FNA) today. “The Palestinian side welcomed the idea and described it as practical,” Forqani said. Abbas, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to attend the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit held in the Iranian capital from August 26 to 31.