Is Ahmadinejad's Next Visit Going To Be To Egypt?

Who knows?

Two countries in the Middle East that you do not normally associate with each other are Egypt and Iran, which have been estranged from each other for decades.

And that is what makes it surprising that Iran exports first petrochemicals to Egypt:

An Iranian official said on Wednesday that Tehran has exported its petrochemicals to Egypt, a country with which it has still not restored diplomatic ties broken more than 30 years ago.


"The first shipment of 25,000 tons of petrochemicals was sent to Egypt," Iran's Mehr news agency quoted Reza Hamzelou, director of Petrochemicals Commercial Co, which sells petrochemicals at home and abroad, as saying.

Announcement of the shipment, whose timing was not disclosed, comes a week after the two countries resumed direct flights between Tehran and Cairo.

Iran and Egypt have still not restored full-fledged diplomatic ties broken after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran.

And just imagine how much more helpful Iran is going to be in the Middle East once it acquires nuclear power.

[Hat tip: IMRA]

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