TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Egyptian police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Cairo on Saturday, as the country marked the anniversary of a 2011 uprising that overthrew former president Hosni Mubarak. Police dispersed the protesters soon after they gathered outside a Cairo mosque, an AFP correspondent reported. They included both Islamist ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed unease about the impact of Egypts new law which restricts assemblies following a crackdown and the arrest of dozens of activists angry at the new measure. The UN Secretary-General is seriously concerned by the detentions and violent dispersal of protesters by security forces that have occurred since ...

Egyptian security forces have fired tear gas at protesters inside al-Fath Mosque in the capital Cairo. Demonstrators inside the mosque have said they are afraid of being detained by security forces. By Press TV   The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Egyptian police fired tear gas to break up clashes between supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi and residents of a central Cairo neighborhood. The clashes began when dozens of religious scholars affiliated with Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood entered the ministry of endowments and were ordered out by police, a security official ...