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Egypt fears escalation in Iran war would be more destructive, foreign minister says

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Item 1 of 3 Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in the New Administrative Capital (NAC), east of Cairo, Egypt, October 26, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Abdel Ghany [1/3] Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty speaks during a press conference with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in the...

Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab Read more MANAMA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Egypt's Foreign ​Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday he ‌was "extremely worried" that a new escalation in the war between the United States and Iran ​would be more destructive and have ​a major impact. He was speaking at the ⁠IISS Manama Dialogue security summit in ​Bahrain. Sign up here. "The second round will be more dangerous, more ​destructive, and it will lead to nowhere.

We have to draw lessons from the past," he ​said. An interim agreement reached in June failed ​to secure a lasting ceasefire in the Iran war ‌or ⁠restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has since proposed that Washington lift its blockade of Iranian ports ​in exchange for ​Tehran ⁠reopening the disrupted waterway within seven days. Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on ​Friday in a renewed effort to ​broker ⁠a deal, but the sides remain divided over whether nuclear negotiations or relief from ⁠the ​blockade and oil sanctions ​should come first.

Reporting by Timour Azhari; Writing by Tala Ramadan ​and Yasmine Ghania; Editing by Susan Fenton Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Suggested Topics: Middle East X Facebook Linkedin Email Link Purchase Licensing Rights

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Reuters reports the Egyptian foreign minister's warning at the Manama Dialogue that a second round of the US-Iran war would be more destructive. It adds brief context on the failed June interim agreement, Iran's seven-day proposal and the Qatari mediation. Nothing in the article misleads its reader.

What it gets right

  • “Iran has since proposed that Washington lift its blockade of Iranian ports ​in exchange for ​Tehran ⁠reopening the disrupted waterway within seven days.”

    Reuters reports Iran's own proposal plainly and on its terms. It does not dismiss the proposal or frame it as a ploy, and it names the US blockade of Iranian ports as a fact.

  • “the sides remain divided over whether nuclear negotiations or relief from ⁠the ​blockade and oil sanctions ​should come first”

    Reuters sets out the dispute as a disagreement between two parties over sequencing. It does not adopt either side's position as the default.

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