Iran confirms it won’t participate in Egypt summit on Gaza

By AP and ToI Staff 13 October 2025, 4:53 pm

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it has declined an invitation to attend the Sharm el-Sheikh summit in Egypt, based on its interests as well as US “unilateralistic policy.”

Yesterday, Iran said it had declined an invitation from Cairo to take part, adding that it was then invited again but not saying how it responded to the second invite.

Today, the spokesman for the ministry, Esmail Baghaei, tells reporters that the final decision not to attend came after discussion both inside the ministry and other decision-making bodies in the country: “Positive and negative dimensions of any decision including participation and avoiding participation were calculated and eventually led to a decision that secures betterments and interests of the country.”