Speaking to FNA in Cairo, Badr al-Falah, also a former Egyptian parliamentarian, stated that any dispute in Egypt's political circles over the resumption of Tehran-Cairo ties is "unjustifiable" since Iran is a powerful country with extensive relations with other nations, and the US, Israel and the former Egyptian regime are the only states which have cut their relations with Iran.
Falah reiterated the necessity for the establishment of the relations between Iran and Egypt based on mutual interests.
He added that claims about Iran's efforts to spread Shiite Islam in Egypt is nothing but exaggeration.
Meantime, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Kamel Amr in a meeting on Monday discussed bilateral ties and regional developments, specially the crisis in Mali.
The meeting took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of a foreign ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
After the collapse of Hosni Mubarak's regime, the Iranian and Egyptian officials voiced their interest in the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the Iranian foreign minister officially invited the then Egyptian counterpart Nabil Al-Arabi to pay a visit to Tehran.
Later, the Iranian foreign minister and his former Egyptian counterpart also held a meeting in Bali, Indonesia.
