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Egyptian Daily: Egypt Prevents Wife of Iranian Shah From Visiting Cairo

The Egyptian daily Al-Yawm Al-Sab'a reported that for the first time in 30 years, Egyptian authorities prevented Farah Diba, the wife of the late ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, from visiting his grave in Cairo on the anniversary of his death.

The daily estimated that the reason for preventing her from attending is her association with the Mubarak regime.

The Iranian website Asr-e Iran claimed that this move is a positive message from Cairo to Tehran.

Source: Al-Yawm Al-Sab'a (Egypt), Asr-e Iran (Iran), July 27, 2011.

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