Street name mars Egypt-Iran ties

Street name mars Egypt-Iran ties

ASYUT, Egypt (AFP): A Tehran street named after one of
President Anwar Sadat's assassins is a barrier to improving
Iranian-Egyptian ties, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in
remarks published on Monday.

"The presence in the Iranian capital of a street bearing the
name of Sadat's assassin offends the feelings of Egyptians and is
an obstacle to a return to normal," Mubarak said during a visit
to Asyut on Sunday.

The street is named after Khaled al-Islambuli, an Egyptian
Islamic militant sentenced to death and executed in 1982 for
having taken part in the assassination of Sadat during a military
parade on Oct. 6, 1981.

The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in showing its
opposition to the peace treaty Sadat signed with Israel in 1979,
named one of Tehran's main streets in honor of Islambuli after he
was executed.