When the crisis in Egypt erupted in early July, Iran had mixed feelings about what was happening there. The fact that the Muslim Brotherhood during its reign dealt in a hostile way with Tehran left an impression that the Iranians and their allies should be happy with the fall of President Mohammed Morsi and the Brotherhood. This was what many in Tehran thought, but this was not the case.
The case is that in Tehran there are serious fears that what used to be called the “Arab moderation bloc” led by Saudi Arabia and former President Hosni Mubarak’s Egypt has been revived with the full patronage of the United States and the blessing of Israel.
