“Sadly, it is the Americans who are pressuring Iraq not to have neighborly ties with Iran.” . ..…

This comes in the wake of declarations by Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb in favour of churches, also positive talk and actions by President Abdel-Fattah a-Sisi that every Egyptian has the right to practise his or her religion of choice, and to Pope Tawadros's efforts on that front... ..…