On the right in Persian, “From Iran to Syria, the People’s Right: Peace, Freedom"; on the left in Arabic, “From Syria to Iran, the People’s Right: Peace, Freedom" (poster by Iranian activist Kamyar Behrang)
0745 GMT: Science Watch. Peyke Iran brings the news that Iran will not have to import laboratory mice --- the Islamic Republic is now self-sufficient in breeding them.
0725 GMT: We begin this morning with an analysis of the aftermath of yesterday's showpiece meeting in Tehran on Syria, with 28 countries agreeing to play a part: "On the overseas front, Iran is unlikely to get more than 15 minutes of attention with the initiative, but at home, the leadership can project that is doing something to claim high political and moral ground, even as it grows more concerned about the fate of President Assad."
Meanwhile, another regime effort deserves attention. Ahram Online notes the visit of Iranian Vice President Hamid Baghaei to Cairo. Baghaei's immediate purpose was to invite Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to Tehran for the Non-Aligned Movement summit at the end of August, but that is only the beginning of a bigger challenge for the regime --- since he took office in June, Morsi has rebuffed Iranian efforts to portray an alliance with Cairo to reshape the Middle East.
Ahram Online points to Egypt's cautious response and the limited outcome of the Baghaei mission:
The visit of Morsi, Egypt's first Islamist president to the Islamic Republic of Iran, is expected to be short a day most probably.
According to the tentative schedule of the visit, Morsi would head the Egyptian delegation to the NAM summit. He would turn over the presidency of the summit from Egypt to Iran. He would then hold talks with his Iranian counterpart and senior Iranian officials and intellectuals on the side of the summit.
The talks of Morsi in Tehran as those of Bakaei in cairo this week would focus on expanding the avenues of cooperation between he two countries, both at the bilateral and multilateral fronts.
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