“Egypt’s new Foreign Minister wants ties with Iran
Long-term enmity between states may come to end as Nabil al-Arabi offers to ‘turn over new leaf’
Egypt’s new foreign minister, Nabil al-Arabi, said Tuesday that his country wants to promote ties with Tehran and that Cairo no longer sees Iran as its enemy.
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No love was lost between the deposed regime of Egypt’s former president, Hosni Mubarak, and that of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who saw Mubarak as too closely connected with Western powers and Israel.
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Last year Egypt arrested dozens of men affiliated with the Shiite organization, who were convicted of planning terror attacks in the country. Twenty-six were sentenced to lengthy prison terms.
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