An Iranian lawmaker says continuation of violence in Egypt will turn the North African country into another Syria which has been grappling with over two years of foreign-backed turmoil.
�If the spiraling violence goes on in the land of Pharaohs (Egypt), we must definitely expect the emergence of radical Salafist forces and al-Qaeda in Egypt, which�will turn this country into another Syria,� said Ebrahim Aqa-Mohammadi on Wednesday.

Syria has been gripped by foreign-sponsored unrest since 2011. According to reports, Western powers and their regional allies are supporting the Takfiri militants, including al-Qaeda-affiliated extremists, operating inside the Arab state.

Aqa-Mohammadi, who is a member of Iran Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, further said the US had given the nod to the Egyptian army to foment a coup against the former president, Mohamed Morsi.
�The United States and the European Union hypocritically speak of cutting financial aid to Egypt, but they take no action. It proves their behind-the-scenes support for the actions of the Egyptian generals,� said Aqa-Mohammadi.
The Western countries and Saudi Arabia seek to kill nascent democracy in the Arab country, said the Iranian legislator.

Egypt plunged into a fresh wave of unrelenting violence since July 3 when the army toppled Morsi, the first democratically elected Egyptian head of state. The army also suspended the constitution and dissolved the parliament.

Scores of protesters, mostly Morsi�s supporters, have been killed in the turmoil.

On August 14, the Egyptian army launched a bloody crackdown on two camps erected by pro-Morsi demonstrators in Cairo, killing nearly 600 people in a single day, the bloodiest in the North African country�s recent history.

By Press TV

 

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