Iran & Egypt ... Friends, Enemies, Friends, Enemies, ... Now what ?

Iran and Egypt can be called super powers of the Middle east beside Saudi Arabia. The others, with full respect, are more and less followers. This being a type of follower has divided Middle east in two parts, The Shiite Side and The Sunni Side.

• The Shiite side is consist of these countries leaded by Iran : Iran, Iraq( used to be on the other side under Saddam dictatorship but has recently changed position as with elections Shiite got more power in Parliament), Syria, Lebanon(Should be counted on both list, as some groups have more interests toward Egypt and Saudi Arabia), Palestine(Giza, under rule of Hamas Group ).

• The Sunni side which has so many countries on its list and is mostly leaded by two powerful countries on this side Egypt and Saudi Arabia : Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordon, Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, U.A.E, Oman, Lebanon(Should be counted on both list, as some groups have more interests toward Iran and Syria), Palestine (West bank, under the rule of Fatah Group ) ...

Right or Wrong, less or more, this division exist in todays middle east politic and with all differences and conflicts, these people call eachother brothers when it comes to public meetings and ofcourse has full political relationship. But, there is a exception !!! IRAN & EGYPT ! Two years after Iranian 1979 revolution against the Monarchy system in Iran, Iran officially cut all ties with Egypt. This move was a response to the 1978 Camp David Accords. In 1981 Egypt supported Saddam in war against Iran and the relation got worse and worse. Late 2003, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami met with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Geneva. Khatami openly invited Mubarak to Iran, but Mubarak refused to make such a trip or normalize relations until Iran changes the street name in Tehran (In 1981, Iran symbolically dedicated a street to Khaled Islambouli, Sadat's assassin). Recently Iran signaled toward Egypt agian, with president Ahmadinejad saying in his press conference in Dubai that he would open Iranian embassy once again in Egypt in 24 hours if Egyptians want to have political relation with Iran. But actually there was nearly no or very few weak words from Egyptian part.
But suddenly few days ago News agencies reported about an Iranian official visiting Egypt, with no official news coverage, to negotiate about a near meeting between Iranian and Egyptian foreign minsters. As usual things happens behind the curtains and usually they work out back there but not in front of media ! Anyway, now Tehran officially hasn't commented this act at all but Egyptians confirmed the news officially. The funny part is both sides claiming unofficially that they have not asked for negotiation but the other part has asked for it !!!

No matter what has happened, this is a good news for both countries and both sides that two super powers in Middle east who has deep influence in their side, sit at a table and negotiate. Negotiation is always a good idea, no matter who is sitting on the other side.

Source used : Wikipedia
P.S. : The title reflects Iran and Egypt relation in last 100 years