Iran’s foreign minister went to Egypt on Sunday for high-level talks. It is one of several recent outreaches to Egypt by Iran. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with top Egyptian officials, including President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Iranian state media said. This is important.

Egypt borders Gaza and historically has played an important role in Gaza. However, Egypt didn’t seem to warn about the October 7 attack, and Cairo has been impacted by this war. Pressure has built on Egypt over the last two years of the ongoing war. Iran likely wants to discuss this and other issues with Egypt.

Egypt has peace with Israel. However, any Iranian involvement in Egypt will be of concern to Israel. This comes as Iran appears to be heading toward the development of a possible nuclear weapon

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