Egyptian security forces have detained senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian, the Interior Ministry says, amid heightened crackdown on the movement. Erian, the deputy leader of the groups Freedom and Justice Party, was taken into custody on Wednesday after Egyptian Special Forces stormed his house, according to the Interior Ministry. He ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Security forces have arrested 21 Muslim Brotherhood members in a fresh crackdown on the Islamist group in four Egyptian provinces, media reports said on Friday. Four Brotherhood members were arrested in the southern province of Beni Sueif on charges of inciting attacks on public and police facilities in August. Two more Brotherhood ...