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 ...

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in different parts of Egypt, calling for an end to the military rule, as well as the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. The rallies were staged in different cities in the country, including Shubra, Matreh, and Almenia on Tuesday. During the demonstrations, protesters expressed support ...

Egypt's army-backed interim PresidentAdly Mansour has arrived in Saudi Arabia to thank the kingdom, which was the first country to embrace the July ouster of former president, Mohamed Morsi, by the Egyptian military. Mansour arrived in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Monday on his first official trip abroad since he replaced Morsi and was received by ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, met with Egypts Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a closed-door meeting. Catherine Ashton is on a three-day visit aimed at urging reconciliation between army-backed government and opposition. A senior member of the Brotherhood, Amr Darrag, said on Wednesday that talks included ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi underlined the necessity for the start of broad-based National Dialogue meetings in crisis-hit Egypt to work out democratic mechanisms to meet peoples demands. We hope that Egypts problems will be solved through an Egyptian-Egyptian dialogue, Salehi said, addressing a press conference in ...

The Egyptian presidency says over 10 days of diplomatic efforts by envoys of foreign countries, including the United States, to resolve the crisis in the North African country have failed. The phase of diplomatic efforts has ended today. These efforts have not achieved the hoped for results, the presidency said in a Wednesday statement. The statement ...

Egypts interim President Adly Mansour has slammed US Senator John McCain for describing the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi as a coup. The leading US Senator made the remarks at the end of a visit to the Egyptian capital, Cairo, On Tuesday. He was accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham. McCain said, The circumstances of [Morsi's] removal ...

[caption id="attachment_37677" align="alignright" width="210"] Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood members gather during a demonstration at Raba al-Adwyia Mosque in Nasr City, Cairo, on July 7, 2013.[/caption] An Iranian lawmaker has warned against the arrest of political figures in Egypt and the use of a threatening ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Iran's Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi underlined that the current crisis in Egypt will eventually result in the collapse of the Zionist regime. As Hezbollah and Hamas emerged from attacks on Lebanon and Palestine, resistance groups will emerge from the ongoing crisis in Egypt that will ...

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton is to meet General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the interim President Mansour today. Her aim is to press for a fully inclusive transition process, taking in all political groups, including the Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptians in Adewiya are determined to bring Morsi back. Despite the massacre, which engendered ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Egypt's interim President Adly Mansour gave Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi the power to grant the military the right to arrest civilians after a weekend of violence between supporters of the country's deposed leader and security forces. Government officials say the decision could be a prelude to a major crackdown on Mohamed Mursi's ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has voiced regret over the situation in Egypt, calling it very painful. The Leader made the remarks during a meeting with Iranian students in Tehran on Sunday. Referring to some countries of the region, Ayatollah Khamenei said the depth of the Islamic Awakening is existent in these countries,...

Supporters of Egypts ousted President Mohamed Morsi continue their march on the military intelligence headquarters in Cairo amid a looming state of emergency by the army. Muslim Brotherhood spokesman Murad Ali said in the early hours of Monday that the demonstrators had set off from Rabia al-Adawiya Mosque in the north of the capital. The army warned ...

[caption id="attachment_23974" align="alignright" width="210"] Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi[/caption] A senior Iranian lawmaker says the United States seeks to ignite civil unrest in Egypt in an attempt to ensure the Israeli regimes safe existence. The Americans encourage massacre in Egypt and seek to ignite the fire [of war] in Tunisia, and this ...

Iran has expressed sorrow over the killing of tens of people in the ongoing violence in Egypt, calling on all parties in the country to exercise restraint. The Islamic Republic of Iran is closely following the developments in Egypt, expresses sorrow over the killing of a number of people in recent days, and calls on all Egyptian sides to exercise ...

US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Egypts interim president Adli Mansour, reaffirming Washington's commitment to giving a second chance" to put countrys post-uprising transition back on track. According to a statement released by Egypts presidency on Saturday, Obama said in his letter that the US will remain a strong partner to the Egyptian ...

Press TV has conducted an interview with Christopher Walker, a Middle East Expert from London. The following is a rough transcription of the interview. Press TV:Let me start first with you Christopher Walker. We found the Interim President of Egypt Adli Mansour sitting in the presidential palace or the General [Abdel-Fattah] Sisi, I would be very ...

Saudi Arabia has transferred USD 2 billion to the Egyptian Central Bank as part of an aid package Riyadh has pledged to Cairo following the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi. The USD 2 billion of Saudi funds arrived in the form of a five-year interest-free deposit on Sunday, Egyptian Central Bank Governor Hisham Ramez said. The Middle East powerhouse ...

Violent clashes between the supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi continue in Cairo, with the death toll rising as a result. Since Monday, at least 14 people have been killed in the unrelenting clashes between Morsis fans and his opponents. Egypts Muslim Brotherhood said on Wednesday that plainclothesmen fired on pro-...

[caption id="attachment_40089" align="alignright" width="210"] EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) meets with interim President Adly Mansour in Cairo on July 17, 2013.[/caption] Egypts Muslim Brotherhood has condemned the European Union's refusal to denounce the military coup that ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Freedom and Justice Party ...