CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's presidential spokesman says tourist flights from Iran were not suspended because of pressure from "any particular groups." Ehab Fahmy's comments come after an outcry by hardline Sunni Muslims, known as Salafis, who were angered by the Egyptian government's push to improve ties with Shiite Iran. The spokesman did not explain ...

CAIRO (AP) -- A group of hardline Islamists angered by the Egyptian government's push to improve ties with Tehran threw rocks and tried to storm the residence of Iran's top diplomat in Cairo on Friday. Although only about 40 people took part in the demonstration, it underscored deep suspicions many Egyptians have toward their country's rapprochement ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran says it hopes Egypt can resume tourist flights to the country to improve relations. "We hope to witness more visits between the two nations," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast on Tuesday. Egypt suspended tourist flights from Iran on Monday. It did not give a reason but the move followed an outcry from ...

Iran news headlines on Monday include a senior lawmaker remarks overpossibilityof Iran withdrawal from NPT; Iran military parade on April 18;Egypt suspension of commercial flights from Iran;Iran barring Saudi diplomat from leaving Iran over deadly crash in country; Iran increasing of gas exports and Iran-Nicaragua expansion of ties. Lawmaker: Iran ...

(Reuters) - Egypt has halted commercial flights from Shi'ite powerIranuntil mid-June, days after the first such flight in 34 years between the countries provoked protests from hardline Sunni Islamists in Cairo. That first commercial flight, from Cairo to Tehran, took off on March 30 in the latest step towards normalising ties broken after the 1979 ...

Mujtaba Amany, the acting Iranian ambassador to Egypt, blamed Syrian refugees in Cairo for inciting protests in front of his home on Friday, due to their discontent with Irans support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assads regime. "How could the Egyptian security allow these Syrians to mess up with security?" Amany said in a phone interview with Al-...