ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Israel National News
01February2011 2 :25pmEST
GCIS/MSS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Iran now is actively encouraging what it calls a “freedom seeking” movement in Egypt to help create its dream of a fundamentalist Islamic Middle East. Iranian officials, for the first time, said Tuesday they are offering support to the protesters in Egypt.
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on state television, "With the knowledge that I have of the great revolutionary and history making people of Egypt, I am sure they will play their role in creating an Islamic Middle East for all freedom, justice and independence seekers."
He chastised the United States for allegedly playing a role of “direct interference" in Egyptian affairs at the same time that its citizens “are no longer ready to stand idle in face of crimes by the Zionist regime." (read full report)
