UN chief to attend controversial summit in Iran

Published August 22, 2012 4:00am ET



UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will attend the summit of the Nonaligned Movement of mainly developing countries in Tehran next week despite strong opposition from Israel and Jewish groups outraged at Iran’s calls for the destruction of Israel, the U.N. announced Wednesday.

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