The Egyptian Minister of Information Affairs categorically denied the Wall Street Journal's claim that Cairo blames Iran for the drone attack on two ships in the port of Damietta. At the same time, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi warned against Israeli plots and called Egypt an important friend and partner in the region.
Publish dateSaturday 1 August 2026 - 09:33
Story Code : 362069
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA): "Zia Rashwan", the Egyptian Minister of Information Affairs, in an interview with Al-Arabiya Network, put an end to media speculation about the Damietta Port incident and clarified that the claim published in the Wall Street Journal about the Egyptian government blaming Iran is not true. This is while some Western and Hebrew media had previously tried to target the expanding relations between Tehran and Cairo by creating a media atmosphere.
Egyptian government calls for avoiding hasty judgments
Rashwan, who had previously called on Egyptian citizens not to make hasty judgments in order to learn the reasons for the incident and the government's position, emphasized his country's regional position in a press conference after the weekly government meeting held with the presence of the Prime Minister, saying: "Egypt is a great country; it will not enter into controversies and will not compromise its sovereignty. What is certain is that this incident will not be left as it is, because there are cases that cannot be ignored or closed."
Pointing out that the government had answered the main questions about crisis management and the impact of the incident on the energy system and port activities in the same press conference, he added: "There are other questions about who is responsible for this incident and how to respond to it, but the time has not yet come to answer these questions."
The need for wisdom and avoiding haste in unusual regional conditions
Referring to the tense situation in the Middle East, Egypt’s Minister of Information stressed: “We are in an unusual regional situation and we cannot answer these questions hastily in light of the current situation; rather, we must act with a high degree of wisdom, awareness, and reliance on accurate information.”
These statements are made while efforts to attribute this incident to the Islamic Republic of Iran before the official results of the investigation are announced have been met with a measured response from Cairo.
Araqchi: Be careful of Israeli false flag operations
Along with these developments, Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, wrote in a message he posted on the social network X, warning of behind-the-scenes scenarios: “Be careful! Egypt is an important friend and partner in the region, and its security is of the highest importance to us. We must all be vigilant against Israeli conspiracies and "false flag" operations designed to undermine regional peace.”
Continuing his warning message, which was issued on the eve of important developments in the region, the head of the Iranian diplomatic service emphasized: “This is a clear, common and terrifying threat to Muslim solidarity.”
Araqchi’s reference to false flag operations sounds the alarm for regional governments that any ambiguous incident could be a scenario designed by the Zionist regime to destroy relations between Islamic countries.
Egyptian government calls for avoiding hasty judgments
Rashwan, who had previously called on Egyptian citizens not to make hasty judgments in order to learn the reasons for the incident and the government's position, emphasized his country's regional position in a press conference after the weekly government meeting held with the presence of the Prime Minister, saying: "Egypt is a great country; it will not enter into controversies and will not compromise its sovereignty. What is certain is that this incident will not be left as it is, because there are cases that cannot be ignored or closed."
Pointing out that the government had answered the main questions about crisis management and the impact of the incident on the energy system and port activities in the same press conference, he added: "There are other questions about who is responsible for this incident and how to respond to it, but the time has not yet come to answer these questions."
The need for wisdom and avoiding haste in unusual regional conditions
Referring to the tense situation in the Middle East, Egypt’s Minister of Information stressed: “We are in an unusual regional situation and we cannot answer these questions hastily in light of the current situation; rather, we must act with a high degree of wisdom, awareness, and reliance on accurate information.”
These statements are made while efforts to attribute this incident to the Islamic Republic of Iran before the official results of the investigation are announced have been met with a measured response from Cairo.
Araqchi: Be careful of Israeli false flag operations
Along with these developments, Seyyed Abbas Araqchi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, wrote in a message he posted on the social network X, warning of behind-the-scenes scenarios: “Be careful! Egypt is an important friend and partner in the region, and its security is of the highest importance to us. We must all be vigilant against Israeli conspiracies and "false flag" operations designed to undermine regional peace.”
Continuing his warning message, which was issued on the eve of important developments in the region, the head of the Iranian diplomatic service emphasized: “This is a clear, common and terrifying threat to Muslim solidarity.”
Araqchi’s reference to false flag operations sounds the alarm for regional governments that any ambiguous incident could be a scenario designed by the Zionist regime to destroy relations between Islamic countries.
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