Tehran, Feb 24, IRNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif expressed condolences over the demise of prominent Egyptian journalist Mohamed Hassanein Heikal paying tribue to his lifetime services and achievements. In a message of condolence to Heikal's wife, Zarif said the late journalist-author's works introducing the global developments and ...

Veteran Egyptian journalist and intellectual Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, a former aide of ex-president Gamal Abdel Nasser, died on Wednesday aged 92, state media reported. He died after a struggle with illness, state television reported, without providing further details. Heikal, who served as editor-in-chief of the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper ...