Iran-Egypt Relations

A selection of poems by renowned Iranian modern poet Ahmad Shamlou has been translated to Arabic and published in Egypt for the first time.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman voiced the country’s readiness to forge relations with Egypt by settling differences on certain issues.

An Egyptian spokesman denied a recent report about the Egyptian Oil Minister’s visit to Iran for an oil agreement with Tehran.

A London-based Arab newspaper has claimed that the foreign minister of Egypt may visit Tehran in the near future to promote bilateral ties between the two countries.

A report shows that Iranian Foreign Minister had sent an e-mail to his American counterpa

A special aide to Iran’s parliament speaker said Tehran and Cairo could help reduce tensions in the region by boosting their mutual cooperation.

Iran has summoned the caretaker of Egypt's Interests Section in Tehran over the presence of several Egyptian parliamentarians in a rally held recently by the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).

Parviz Sahafzadeh, an official with the Iran’s Petrochemical Employers Association, while describing new oil talks with the Egyptians, reported on the resumption of Iran’s liquefied gas exports to the North African country.

Iran’s first cargo of petrochemical products in recent years has left for Egypt, marking the resumption of trade ties between the two major Muslim countries, the Mehr news agency says.

Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi has welcomed the holding of a Shiite-Sunni conference to review the most important obstacles in the way of Islamic unity.

Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has said that the Shiites do not want to get involved in confrontation with fellow Muslims, adding regional Islamic countries can count on Iran as their best friend.

The Tel Aviv regime, not the Palestinian resistance movement, is the illegitimate and terrorist regime said the deputy foreign minister.

Acts of terror are being perpetrated in the name of Islam and Muslims; the inhumane acts of ISIL terrorists have nothing to do with Islam, said President Rouhani.

Tehran-Cairo disputes have never been deep-rooted; both nations have a common stand on various regional and international matters, said Khazaei.

A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran and Egypt share common ground with regard to opposing any act of terror in the Middle East, particularly in Syria and Iraq.

As many as 48 were killed and 105 injured in a series of attacks on soldiers and police in northeast Egypt.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has called on Iran to back its ceasefire plan to end Gaza war between Hamas and Israel, which has so far left more than 300 people dead, including children, in the Gaza Strip.