Iqela lesibini labakhenkethi base-Iranian ukutyelela i-Egypt kumashumi eminyaka yafika kweli lizwe ngoLwesihlanu, kwiinyanga ezimbini emva kokufika kweqela lokuqala elaphakamisa umsindo wamaqela angama-Sunni-Muslim Salafist.
Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho e-Egypt, u-Hisham Zaazou, ngaphambili wathi ukumisa okubonakalayo kokhenketho lwase-Iran ngenxa “yexesha eliphantsi” lase-Egypt. Umthombo wenkonzo, nangona kunjalo, uqinisekisile ukuba ukumiswa bekubangelwe ngumsindo waseIran ngenxa yolwamkelo olubandayo olufunyenwe ngabakhenkethi baseIran e-Egypt.
Iqela lamva nje, elifike kwisixeko esiPhezulu sase-Aswan e-Aswan ekuqaleni kukaLwesihlanu, laliquka abakhenkethi abali-134. Ebudeni botyelelo lwabo lweentsuku ezininzi, bacwangciselwe ukukhenketha esixekweni baze bathabathe uhambo lwenqanawa lomNayile ukuya kwisixeko esikufuphi saseLuxor.
Ngo-Epreli, abantu base-Irani abangaphezu kwama-50 - abakhenkethi bokuqala base-Irani ukutyelela i-Egypt okoko ubudlelwane phakathi kwala mazwe mabini baqhawulwa ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-30 eyadlulayo - bafika e-Upper Egypt phakathi kokhuseleko oluluqilima. Olu tyelelo luze njengenxalenye yesivumelwano sokhenketho samazwe amabini esisayinwe ngoFebruwari phakathi kweCairo neTehran.
Ubudlelwane bezozakuzo phakathi kwala mazwe mabini banqunyulwa emva kweRevolution yamaSilamsi yaseIran ngo-1979. Ukusukela kunyulo lukamongameli waseJiphutha wamaSilamsi u-Mohamed Morsi ngo-2012, ubudlelwane baphucuka kancinci, uMongameli wase-Iran uMahmoud Ahmadinejad wayetyelele ilizwe ngoFebruwari.
Emva kotyelelo luka-Ahmadinejad, nangona kunjalo, amanani kunye neentshukumo zamaSalafist ase-Egypt - kunye namanye amaqela angamaSilamsi - abonakalise umsindo, esithi utyelelo olunjalo lunokukhokelela ekwandeni kwempembelelo ye-Iranian-Shia kweli lizwe.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, lo mba uye waphakanyiswa kwiBhunga lase-Egypt Shura, indlu yepalamente ephezulu (ngoku enikwe amagunya owiso-mthetho). Ethetha phambi kwebhunga, ummeli weqela leSalafist Nour uTharwat Attallah ubhengeze ukuba amaShia-Muslims "ayingozi ngakumbi kunabafazi abahamba ze."
“Babeka ingozi kukhuseleko lwelizwe laseYiputa,” utshilo. “AmaYiputa asenokukhohliswa ekubeni [aguqukele] kubuShia, enika ingcamango yamaShia ithuba lokusasazeka eYiputa.”
U-Attallah uphinde wacela urhulumente ukuba "anciphise" ubudlelwane bezozakuzo baseYiphutha kunye neTehran, ngokuhambelana nemigaqo-nkqubo yolawulo olugxothiweyo lukaMubarak.
Abanye abantu basepalamente, nangona kunjalo, bazijongele phantsi ezi nkxalabo, begcina ukuba amaqela abakhenkethi baseIran ayenganelanga ukushukumisa ukholo lwesininzi samaSunni-Muslim aseYiphutha.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Iqela lesibini labakhenkethi base-Iranian ukutyelela i-Egypt kumashumi eminyaka yafika kweli lizwe ngoLwesihlanu, kwiinyanga ezimbini emva kokufika kweqela lokuqala elaphakamisa umsindo wamaqela angama-Sunni-Muslim Salafist.
- In April, more than 50 Iranians – the first Iranian tourists to visit Egypt since relations between the two countries were severed more than 30 years ago – arrived in Upper Egypt amid tight security.
- During their days-long visit, they are scheduled to tour the city and take a Nile cruise to the nearby city of Luxor.
