Egypts Nour Party says it has withdrawn from talks over the new government in response to the massacre of protesters at the Republican Guard barracks in the capital, Cairo. We have decided to withdraw immediately from all negotiations in response to the massacre outside the Republican Guard headquarters, the Salafist partys spokesman Nadder Bakkar ...

Egypts armed forces should play their role in supporting national dialogue and respecting the peoples vote, an Iranian deputy foreign minister says. Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdullahian said on Monday that in the current situation in Egypt, the armed forces are expected to play their role in supporting ...

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Four Egyptian ministers have quitted the cabinet of President Mohamed Morsi following the massive protests in the country, government official�says. By Press TV   The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Egypt's former President Mohammed Mursi has arrived at a court in Cairo to go on trial over his escape from prison in 2011, state media said. He was taken to the court by helicopter from a prison in Alexandria, Mena news agency reported. Mursi, Egypt's first freely-elected president, was deposed by the military in July 2013 after ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Egyptian police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Cairo on Saturday, as the country marked the anniversary of a 2011 uprising that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak. Police dispersed the protesters soon after they gathered outside a Cairo mosque, an AFP correspondent reported. They included both Islamist ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Egyptian authorities are to announce Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum that the interim government hailed as a ringing endorsement of the army's ouster of president Mohamed Mursi. Initial tallies suggest the referendum held on Tuesday and Wednesday passed with an overwhelming majority, in what the military-...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - At least four people were killed as clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police flared up across Egypt on Friday, security sources said. The violence erupted a day before Egyptian authorities are expected to announce official results of this week's referendum on a new constitution, part of an army-backed transition ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- About 90 percent of Egyptians who voted in a referendum approved a new constitution, the state news agency and a government official said. Early results of a ballot could allow Army Chief General Abdel Fattah Sisi to declare his candidacy for president, RT reported. The constitution will replace one signed into law by Mohamed ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Egyptians began voting on Tuesday in a constitutional referendum, the first ballot since the military ousted President Mohamed Mursi and a vote that will likely set the stage for a presidential bid by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Analysts expect a large turnout and many "yes" votes, which could encourage the popular ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was adjourned until February 8, as more officials are due to give their testimony. Mubarak, along with his former Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly and six other security aides are being retried on charges of being responsible for the killing of peaceful demonstrators in the 2011 ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Police fired tear gas at university students in Cairo on Sunday as they demonstrated in support of ousted President Mohammed Mursi, two days ahead of a referendum on a new constitution. Clashes between police and the protesters erupted in front of Cairo University, Al-Azhar University and Ain Shams University, security officials ...

CAIRO The judge in the trial of Egypt's former Islamist president on charges of inciting murder has ordered the hearings adjourned until Feb. 1 after bad weather prevented bringing Mohammed Morsi to court. Security officials say the helicopter that was to fly Morsi from a prison near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria to the court in Cairo could ...

Egypt has summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires in Cairo after Tehran expressed concern about the escalation of violence as a result of conflict between security forces and demonstrators. "The Iranian comments were an unacceptable interference in Egypt's internal affairs," Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty told Reuters on Monday. Iranian ...

Iran is concerned about the surge of violence as a result of conflict between security forces and demonstrators in Egypt, a senior Iranian official says Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Marzieh Afkham on Saturday said Tehran has been monitoring the recent developments in Egypt that led to the death and injury of a number of Egyptians. Afkham ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Human Rights Watch denounced the arrest of a prominent Egyptian activist during a raid by security forces on a domestic human rights organisation, which it described as a continuation of a crackdown on dissent. Police broke into the offices of the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights late Thursday and arrested six ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Egypt appeals courts on Saturday ordered 14 women jailed after a protest to be freed, reducing 11-year prison terms to one-year suspended sentences, as seven girls were also ordered released. The women's supporters in the Alexandria courtroom chanted "God is great" as the judge pronounced the ruling. The girls, who had initially ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- An Egyptian prosecutor ordered the arrest of two prominent activists for inciting protests, a source in the prosecutor's office said on Wednesday, including one whose group helped lead the popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The arrests of Ahmad Maher, head of the April 6 youth movement, and Alaa Abdel Fattah both ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Egyptian human rights groups condemned a new law restricting public protests. The law, signed by the interim President Adly Mansour, bans protests without prior police notification, BBC reported. Critics say the legislation is aimed mainly at supporters of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Mursi. Thousands ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An Egyptian court sentenced 12 supporters of deposed President Mohammed Mursi to 17 years in prison for taking part in a violent protest, state media reported. The protesters were convicted by an Egyptian court on Wednesday of attacking the headquarters of the Islamic Al-Azhar institution during a demonstration, the official ...