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Egypt and the United Kingdom issue NOTAM alerts and order their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspaces.
2024-08-7

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa invites Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to join the bloc, with membership taking effect next year.
2023-08-24

Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, the Maldives, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the internationally recognized government of Yemen sever diplomatic ties with Qatar, ordering Qatari citizens in those countries to be expelled as well as cutting all land, air and sea connections. "National security," "media incitement" and Qatar's support of Iran are variously cited.
2017-06-5

Egypt intercepts a Togolese flagged ship carrying a large arsenal of weapons. It is believed the ship was headed to Iran.
2013-04-4

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad travels to Egypt. It is the first time since 1979 revolution that an Iranian head of state visits that country.
2013-02-5

Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi describes the conflict as an uprising against an "oppressive regime" and likens it to the Palestinians, sparking a walkout from the Syrian delegation at a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Iran.
2012-08-30

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, arriving in Iran for the Non-Aligned Movement summit, says Iran "can play an important role in the peaceful settlement of (the) Syrian crisis".
2012-08-29

Egypt's state news agency says President Mohammed Morsi is to attend the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement meeting in Iran at the end of August.
2012-08-18

Egyptian officials deny that newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will visit Iran to attend a conference.
2012-07-4

Two Iranian aid ships begin departing for Gaza, one from Khorramshahr and one from Istanbul. Egypt grants permission for 70 Iranian MPs to visit Gaza.
2010-06-14