CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential spokesman says tourist flights from Iran were not suspended because of pressure from "any particular groups." Ehab Fahmy's comments come after an outcry by hardline Sunni Muslims, known as Salafis, who were angered by the Egyptian government's push to improve ties with Shiite Iran. The spokesman did not explain ...

CAIRO (AP) -- A group of hardline Islamists angered by the Egyptian government's push to improve ties with Tehran threw rocks and tried to storm the residence of Iran's top diplomat in Cairo on Friday. Although only about 40 people took part in the demonstration, it underscored deep suspicions many Egyptians have toward their country's rapprochement ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Head of Iranian Civil Aviation Organization Hamidreza Pahlevani and Egyptian officials reached an initial agreement on establishment of direct flight line between the two countries. Pahlevani and Egyptian officials discussed the further expansion of air transportation, establishing and running flight lines between Iran and Egypt as ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says it hopes Egypt can resume tourist flights to the country to improve relations. "We hope to witness more visits between the two nations," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday. Egypt suspended tourist flights from Iran on Monday. It did not give a reason but the move followed an outcry from ...

Minister of Tourism Hesham Zaazou said that he is aiming to attract 200,000 Iranian tourists per year to guarantee $250m annually in revenues. Egypt should take a piece of this pie, he said, according to Gulf News, during a press conference in Dubai on Saturday ahead of the Arabian Tourism Market (ATM) event. He added, however, that Iranians will ...

Strong Egypt Partyfounder Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh says tourists from predominantly Shia Iran pose no threat to Egypt Egyptians should not feel threatened by tourists from Iran, Strong Egypt Party founder Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh has said."Around 1900 Israelis have visited Egypt over the past few days and nobody has objected," Abul-Fotouh, a former ...

Direct flight takes Egyptian tourists from Cairo to Iran for first time since Islamic revolution in 1979 A group of 24 Egyptian tourists have arrived in Iran to visit the country's ancient monuments. The tourists are visiting the ancient cities of Mashhad, Shiraz, Yazd, and Isfahan, Iranian news agency ISNA said on Wednesday. "These tours are ...

Cairo,Asharq Al-AwsatThe Egyptian minister of tourism, Hisham Zazou, called on Sunday for Iranian tourists to return to Egypt. This call comes after a sudden reversal of IranianEgyptian tourism cooperation. On March 30, the Egyptian government decided to allow the resumption of commercial flights from Iran. Dr. Zazou toldAsharq Al-Awsatat the time ...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman says the establishment of favorable ties between Iran and Egypt requires time, as the internal situation in the North African country needs to be stabilized following its 2011 revolution. If we want the Iran-Egypt ties to officially reach a favorable level, which is expected by the people of both countries, we ...

Efforts to foster Iranian tourism to Egypt have not been cancelled, Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou said Wednesday morning. His comments follow outcry by Egypt's conservative Salafis over warming ties with Shia majority Iran that prompted the ministry on Sunday to suspend flights from Tehran until the second half of June. The flights were part of ...

Iran news headlines on Monday include a senior lawmaker remarks overpossibilityof Iran withdrawal from NPT; Iran military parade on April 18;Egypt suspension of commercial flights from Iran;Iran barring Saudi diplomat from leaving Iran over deadly crash in country; Iran increasing of gas exports and Iran-Nicaragua expansion of ties. Lawmaker: Iran ...

Government sources said that the decision taken by Tourism Minister Hesham Zaazou to stop incoming flights from Iran until the second half of June came after receiving an angry call from the Iranian side, after the Cairo residence of the Iranian charg d'affaires Mojtaba Amani was attacked by Salafis two days ago. Sources told the London-based newspaper ...

(Reuters) - Egypt has halted commercial flights from Shi'ite powerIranuntil mid-June, days after the first such flight in 34 years between the countries provoked protests from hardline Sunni Islamists in Cairo. That first commercial flight, from Cairo to Tehran, took off on March 30 in the latest step towards normalising ties broken after the 1979 ...

Iran news headlines on Saturday include resumption ofEgypt-Iran direct flights after decades;Kuwaiti Foreign Ministerdescribing Iran as a major and influential player inMideast; Iraq tightening control ofIran flights to Syria;continuation ofIndia's Iran oil imports and rise of Turkish gold export to Iran.   First Egypt flight in 34 years takes ...

Cairo: An Egyptian flight left Cairo airport on Saturday heading for the Iranian capital Tehran, the first between the two countries in 33 years. The flight by a private Egyptian airliner, owned by the business tycoon Rami Lakah, took off with eight Iranians on board, marking the operation of a direct air route between the two countries. The ...