January 19, The Iran Project - In protest at the upcoming anti-Iran summit�due to be held by the US in Warsaw in mid-February, several participants declared their refusal to attend while condemning the move.

Just before he embarked on a tour of Middle Eastern countries to reassure US allies about the administration�s anti-Iran policies, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement that a summit will be held in Warsaw, Poland.

The summit is dubbed as �Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East� and according to Pompeo, it will focus on Iran.

An EU spokesperson told IRNA on the condition of anonymity that�EU�s High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini will not participate at an anti-Iranian summit in the Polish capital due to her busy schedule.

In a relevant development, some�Lebanese sources said on that Lebanon�s government has declined an invitation by the US to attend an upcoming anti-Iran forum in Warsaw.

Meanwhile, a group of activists in the United States and other countries have signed a petition, calling on European countries to boycott the�anti-Iran summit in Poland.

The activists have started the petition on the website of the anti-war group Code Pink to ask European countries not to participate the summit announced by Pompeo, whose aim �will be to set the stage for an unnecessary conflict with Iran.�

More than 3,000 people have so far signed the online petition, which urges EU countries to skip Pompeo�s �belligerent conference� and �instead host an alternative one with all nations of the region, including Iran.�

The summit, the petition says, is part of Washington�s pressure campaign against Iran following its withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal and re-imposition of sanctions, describing the nuclear deal as �a major step forward for peace and security in the Middle East.

�Instead of a summit to confront Iran, we need the world to pressure the United States to reenter the Iran nuclear deal after [President Donald] Trump�s unilateral withdrawal and to lift the devastating sanctions it has imposed on Iran,� the petition reads.

Also, the Head of Iran�s Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi has described the Polish government�s hosting of an anti-Iran conference under pressures from the United States as a disgrace for the European identity.

Iran Foreign Ministry summoned the Polish envoy over the issue and said that Poland has �no right� to host such a meeting against Iran.