IIRC Egypt also granted asylum to the Shah of Iran after he was overthrown.
Would that have been Anwar Sadat?
IIRC Egypt also granted asylum to the Shah of Iran after he was overthrown.
And IIRC, it was France that provided a “safe haven” for the then exiled Ayatollah Khomeini.
Egypt (Sadat?) knew that although the Shah was an authoritarian, he was better than what was coming with the Mullahs. IIRC, Egypt was the first Arab country to accept Israel's place in the world. Egypt along with Jordan are the only two nations in the region that are reasonable since the Israel/Arab wars of '67 and '72?