First Cairo-Tehran flight in more than 30 Years

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30-03-2013 | 10:32
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First Cairo-Tehran flight in more than 30 Years

The first direct flight between Egypt and Iran in more than 30 years took off from Cairo International Airport on Saturday, airport officials said.                          

The Air Memphis plane is the first direct flight between the two capitals since both countries severed ties after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.                         

The flight, which carried the Iranian charge d'affaires and his family to Tehran and will fly back to Egypt's  city of Aswan.                                         

Earlier this month, Egypt and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to promote tourism between the two countries.                         

Iran has been reaching out to Egypt since Islamists came to power following the 2011 revolution that ousted  president Hosni Mubarak, a staunch critic of Tehran
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