Before our readers get their feathers in a ruffle, that's a tongue-in-cheek headline up there.

Still, an item from Persia House, the excellent Iran-watching cell at Booz Allen Hamilton, caught our eye. They report that this weekend, Iran will hold the first summit of "Palestinian Combatant Groups." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to attend the confab, according to Farsi-language media translated by Persia House. Guests include Khaled Meshal, the Damascus-based head of Hamas' political wing, as well as Ramadan Abdullah, head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, also known as PIJ.

The event appears to Persia House analysts, and to us as well, as an attempt by Iran to show allies and adversaries alike that Iran's recent internal turmoil hasn't curbed its ability to flex its muscles in the Middle East.

"The decision to hold a summit of 'Palestinian Combatant Groups' in Tehran represents a public diplomacy effort to demonstrate that the Islamic Republic’s support of the Palestinian resistance remains steadfast despite Iran’s post-election turmoil," Persia House's analysts write. "Tehran and the Palestinian resistance groups likely will leverage the high-profile summit to issue stern anti-Israeli and US pronouncements, as well as pledge strengthened political and military cooperation."

This comes on the heels of a series of Middle East visits by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Undersecretary of State William Burns and others, aimed at solidifying a Sunni Arab bulwark against Iran, and trying to draw Syria away from its alliance with Tehran.

But Ahmadinejad and Syrian President Bashir Assad held a joint news conference on Thursday and told the United States, in some any words, to take a hike with its ideas.

The enemy, as they say, gets a vote.