Official: Egypt's Morsi to visit Iran
Egyptian president will attend Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran on August 30, official says
An Egyptian presidential official says President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit of non-aligned nations in Iran end of the month, in first such visit in decades.
The visit could mark a thaw in relations between Egypt and Iran after years of enmity, especially since Egypt signed its 1979 peace treaty with Israel and the Islamic revolution in Iran.
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Under Morsi's predecessor Hosni Mubarak, Egypt sided with Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-dominated Arab nations in trying to isolate Shiite-led Iran.
The presidential official says Morsi will visit Tehran on Aug. 30 on his way back from China to attend the Non-Aligned Movement Summit. Egypt will transfer the bloc's rotating leadership to Iran.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of he was not authorized to make the announcement now.
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