Iran says Hamas not invited to Non-Aligned summit

TEHRAN: The Hamas premier in Gaza has not been invited to this week's summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, Iran said on Sunday, heading off a threatened boycott by the Palestinian president.

"Up to now, no official invitation from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the person of (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad has been sent to Hamas's popular prime minister (Ismail Haniya)," the Iranian spokesman for the summit said.

"Only (Palestinian president) Mahmud Abbas has been invited to the NAM summit," Mohammad Reza Forqani said in a statement quoted by the ISNA and Mehr news agencies.