Egypt’s new President seeks closer ties with Iran![]() June 25, 2012 - 14:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Egypt's newly-elected President Mohammed Mursi is enthusiastic to expand ties with Iran. "Relations between Tehran and Cairo will create a strategic balance in the region. It is a part of my agenda," Mursi told Fars News Agency on Sunday, June 24, hours before the final results of the presidential election was announced. He also rejected rumors that he country's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) seeks to decrease his presidency term to one year. Partner news Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead. An Islamist insurgency, once confined largely to the republic of Chechnya, has spread across the North Caucasus in recent years. Partner news |