IRNA Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Tuesday extended his condolences over death of Mohamed Morsi, the first Egyptian democratically-elected president who passed away on Monday. Mousavi expressed regret on the demise of the president who had come into power in the first democratic elections and after the victory of the Egyptian ...

The court also withdrew sentences of life in prison for 25 Brotherhood figures in the same case and ordered a retrial Egypts Court of Cassation withdrew on Thursday the death sentences issued to Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 11 other of the groups leading members in the case known publicly as Rabaa Control Room. The court also ...

Alwaght- After removal of Mohammad Morsi, an Islamist president and top leader in Egypt Muslim Brotherhood, in 2013 and despite the succession of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has stepped up an iron fist policy against anti-military government opponents , Egypt has been obviously in chaotic conditions domestically and internationally. Suffering from ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon It seems that everyone wants something from Saudi Arabia. Before becoming the president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi wanted visas to take his family on a religious pilgrimage. A Lebanese politician begged for cash to pay his bodyguards. Even the state news agency of Guinea, in West Africa, asked for $2,000 to solve many of the problems ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Wednesday voiced deep concern and regret about the death sentence handed down in Egypt for President Mohamed Mursi. "The challenges of this country (Egypt) can only be resolved by referring to public votes and electoral and known democratic mechanisms based on national dialogue and political agreement," Iranian Foreign Ministry ...

A court in Egypt has sentenced former President Mohamed Mursi and Muslim brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison for conspiring with foreign groups, Egyptian state TV reports. The verdict said that Mursi and fellow Islamists conspired with Hamas and Hezbollah operatives. In a separate case, Mursi has also been charged with endangering ...

Tehran, May 19, IRNA Spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry Marzieh Afkham expressed regret on Tuesday over the recent death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court. Afkham expressed concern about the action of the Egyptian court, stressing that some conflicts could be solved through national talks and political agreements. 'Such verdicts that ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Supreme Leaders comments at a meeting with senior state officials on a range of issues including Persian Gulf security dominated the front pages of Iranian newspapers....

Egypts first democratically-elected president, Mohammed Morsi, has been sentenced to death on charges of endangering national security by leaking state secrets to Qatar and escaping from prison during the countrys revolution against long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The sentence was issued on Saturday in the capital of Cairo by an Egyptian ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 14 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Comments by the government spokesman in a press conference about cash subsidies and withdrawal of money from the National Development Fund dominated the front pages ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A court in Egypt sentenced former President Mohammed Mursi to 20 Years in jail. As other courts are exonerating former dictator Hosni Mubarak and his aides and relatives from various crimes, a judge in Cairo today sentenced the toppled Islamist president, Mursi, to decades in jail. A court in Egypt has sentenced former President ...

[caption id="attachment_105248" align="alignright" width="182"] Irans Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian[/caption] Iran has reacted strongly after a court in Egypt labeled the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas a terrorist organization. Condemning the verdict, which was issued on Saturday by the Cairo ...

[caption id="attachment_147680" align="alignright" width="157"] A protester carries Shaimaa El-Sabbagh, who was killed during a protest in Cairo on Saturday.[/caption] Cairo (CNN)A bleeding woman collapses on the ground. A police officer totes a weapon behind her. It's an image that spread rapidly on social media -- and fueled furor among activists ...

[caption id="attachment_110868" align="alignright" width="242"] Riot police attempt to break open the entrance of the al-Azhar University Campus during clashes with female university students, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, in Cairo's Nasr City district, March 19, 2014.CREDIT: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH ...

Tehran, May 28, IRNA - An English-language daily published Wednesday commented on the recent elections in Egypt, that were held ?amid divisions?, saying that no matter who wins the election, Iran-Egypt future ties are sure to expand. Iran seeks expanded relations with other countries, in particular regional states, noted ?Iran Daily?, adding that ...

After less than a year of exceptional Egyptian-Turkish rapprochement, the events of June 30, 2013 ruptured this relationship. Similarly, when Egyptian and Iranian statesmen began to decrease tensions and a thaw in relations resulted, events evolved to return things to square one. As these scenes, by and large, have been repeating over and over for ...

Iran on Tuesday warned that the 683 death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court to suspected Islamists could add to a deteriorating situation in the country. The verdicts passed on Monday in Cairo amid a crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohammad Mursi were condemned by the United States and the United Nations. In remarks ...

[caption id="attachment_93882" align="alignright" width="223"] Relatives and families of members of Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi react after hearing the sentence, in front of the court in Minya, south of Cairo, April 28,2014.[/caption] (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the outlawed Muslim ...

A court in Egypt has sentenced to death 528 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. They were convicted of charges including murdering a policeman and attacks on people and property. The group is among over 1,200 supporters of Mr Morsi on trial, including senior Brotherhood members. Authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists ...

Egypts military-backed government has jailed nearly 16,000 people since July 2013, when President Mohamed Morsi was ousted, a report says. Citing senior security officials, the report released by the Associated Press said that about 3,000 Muslim Brotherhood members were among the detainees who have been put behind bars since the ouster of Morsi over ...