‘New Egypt puts West interests on line’

“The victory of the Islamic [factions] in Egypt has stirred the concern and fear of the US, Israel and other governments, whose interests [former dictator Hosni] Mubarak’s regime used to serve,” IRNA quoted Brigadier General Yadollah Javani, a senior political advisor with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as saying on Saturday.

“In the future, we will witness a divergence in the relations between the new Egyptian government and the Zionist regime (Israel), the extent of which is contingent upon Egypt’s internal developments and the international situation,” he added.

Javani pointed out that over the past three decades, the Mubarak regime upheld the interests of the West and Israel, sparking discontent among the Egyptian public.

“Many governments sought to prevent the triumph of the Egyptian revolution and even after the victory they made efforts to deflect the revolution,” the Iranian commander noted.

On June 24, after days of delay, the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission announced the Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi as the winner of the county’s presidential runoff. Morsi picked up 13.2 million votes out of just over 26 million.

This comes as protests have been going on since the Egyptian junta dissolved the parliament dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest political party, earlier this month.

The junta also took control of the state budget and gave itself veto power on a new constitution, making the new president almost powerless through a recent constitutional declaration.

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