TEHRAN, January 8 - The chairman of Egyptian election commission said Monday that the presidential election will be held March 26-28, with a runoff in April.
TEHRAN, January 4 - Egyptian authorities have arrested 75 people including government officials and foreigners over an array of corruption-related charges.
TEHRAN, January 2 - Egypt has hanged four men convicted by a military court of killing three military students in a bombing in 2014, security sources said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, December 30 - An Egyptian court convicted former President Mohammed Morsi and 19 others on Saturday of insulting the judiciary, sentencing them to three years in prison in a court session aired on TV.
TEHRAN, December 27 - An Egyptian court sentenced a British woman to three years in prison on Tuesday for smuggling around 300 painkiller tablets into the country, in a ruling her defense team said she would appeal to have overturned or commuted.
TEHRAN, December 19 - An Egyptian military court on Tuesday sentenced an army colonel to six years in prison after he announced his intention to run against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in next year's elections, his defense lawyer told The Associated Press.
TEHRAN, December 14 - The defense ministers of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece agreed Thursday to step up cooperation in combating drug, weapons and people trafficking in the east Mediterranean and to share information on countering the threat of terrorism.
TEHRAN, December 11- Russian President Vladimir Putin met Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday for talks over a nuclear power plant and tensions in the Middle East following Washington's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's ‘capital’.
TEHRAN, December 11 - The Grand Imam of Egypt's al-Azhar Mosque, the country's highest Islamic authority, canceled a meeting with US Vice President in the wake of an announcement by US President that Washington will recognize Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s capital.
TEHRAN, December 7 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Egypt next week to discuss expanding political, economic, energy and trade ties, officials said Thursday.
TEHRAN, December 1 - Egyptian billionaire businessman Naguib Sawiris condemned on Friday a crackdown on graft in Saudi Arabia, saying the purge had undermined the rule of law in the Kingdom and would deter investment.
TEHRAN, November 28 - Egyptian security forces killed 11 suspected "terrorist elements" during a raid on a hideout for militants providing support for militias in the northern Sinai, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, November 26 -Gunmen who attacked a mosque on Friday in Egypt’s North Sinai brandished an IsIs flag as they opened fire through doorways and windows, killing more than 300 worshippers, including two dozen children, officials said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, November 25 - Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani reiterated that collective effort by all countries is necessary for uprooting all forms of terrorism.
TEHRAN, November 24 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi categorically blasted shooting attack and bombing at a mosque in the restive Egyptian Sinai Peninsula which killed 235 and left 135 others wounded.
TEHRAN, November 24 - At least 235 people have been killed and dozens injured in a shooting attack and bombing at a mosque in the restive Sinai Peninsula, state TV says.
TEHRAN, November 23 - Egypt's Prime Minister Sharif Ismail left the country Thursday for a three-week course of medical treatment and surgery in Germany amid speculation he would be permanently replaced in a cabinet shuffle.