"Those whose livelihood depends on tourism thus await the Iranian groups, in hopes that they could catalyze the end of the economic crisis." This by far is the most ridiculous wishful thinking statement I've heard so far this year. It's like the Titanic trying to repair the damage caused by the iceberg by hitting an oil platform.

Egyptians pinning their hopes on Shiite tourists arriving from economic basket-case Iran? For real?

You guys are talking like checkers playing Obama and not chess-playing Persians. Iran is an economic basket case because they can't sell their oil. Egypt is starving because they can't afford fuel for their tractors and irrigation pumps. Iran could give Egypt oil for free, in exchange for using Egypt as a conduit for trade with the rest of the world. Once allied, the two could "convince" Saudi Arabia to share its wealth with them. But I am sure that Obama thought about all this.

by bringing iranians here, that means that Iran will be able to infiltrate the country more easily, through the revolutionary guard, and hezbullah, Iran will also be able to make relations with Egypt for free, without anything in exchange, Iran has been insulting Egypt for the last 30 years, there is a street named after Sadat killer, Iran doesnt respect our relations with Israel, it doesnt want us to have such relations, it wants to interfere in everything to achieve its agenda to establish islamic shia caliphate, while on the other hand, we have Israel, the most democratic and peaceful country in the middle east, it has given us everything for peace but still we dont want to make true peace with her. why ? because the arabs are hating Israel and the jews more than anything else !!! shalom

No more economic problems there, as iranian tourists pay, thousands, ten thousands of iranian rials. Also able to use it as toilette paper.

Iranian will establish strong relatuionship with Egyot and that is is what bugs you more.

But Iran will continue to develope strong links with Egyot.Your puppet Mubarak is gone and so are your aspirations.

Stop living among the filthy infidels and come back to the ME, brother. It's lack of sunshine that's giving you the bad mood.

Funnier than is that the fact that MAHMOOD has never even been to Iran. He likes to admire from far and just type. Once Israel stops buying gas from Egypt since we have our own gas now, then Egypt is really going to civil chaos war. No tourism and no gas will really break Egypt economy.