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Report: Iran Helping Morsi Take Over Egypt's Security Forces

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s political adviser has held a secret meeting with the Iranian commander of the Quds Force to learn from the Iranians how to control and take over the security forces, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday, January 10. The meeting was held last week between Egyptian presidential advisor Issam al-Haddad and Qassem Suleimani, the commander of the elite unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, according to a report in Egyptian paper Al-Masry Al-Youm. The paper quotes anonymous security sources saying that the Iranians sought to help Egypt develop their intelligence services. Muslim Brotherhood members at the meeting wanted to apply the lessons learned by Iran and apply it to Egypt. The paper also stated that the reason for the removal of Egypt’s former interior minister was because he opposed the secret meeting.