After the 1973 war with Israel, Iran assumed a leading role in cleaning up and reactivating the blocked with heavy investment | During the he was imprisoned by the British for his efforts to obtain from the in expelling the occupying British forces |
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This peace initiative failed as neither Israel nor the United States of America accepted the terms as discussed then | Sadat's shift towards a strategic relationship with the US was also seen as a betrayal by many Arabs |
Although this failed, prompted by an agreement between the United States of America and the Soviet Union, the passed on 22 October 1973, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
18Preceded by Succeeded by Acting In office 15 May 1980 — 6 October 1981 President Himself Preceded by Succeeded by In office 26 March 1973 — 25 September 1974 President Himself Preceded by Succeeded by In office 19 December 1969 — 14 October 1970 President Preceded by Succeeded by In office 17 February 1964 — 26 March 1964 President Preceded by Succeeded by In office 21 July 1960 — 20 January 1969 President Preceded by Succeeded by Mohamed Labib Skokeir Personal details Born• , the of the , cancelled an official meeting with to travel to Egypt where he tried to persuade Sadat to sign a peace treaty | Despite these facts, the nephew of the late president, , claimed that the assassination was an international conspiracy |
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Either way, one Western source wrote that Sadat's portrayal by Gossett "bothered race-conscious Egyptians and wouldn't have pleased [the deceased] Sadat," who identified as Egyptian and Northeast African, not black | External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to |
Supreme Class of the Foreign honour• Following a failed military coup in June 1981, Sadat ordered a major crackdown that resulted in the arrest of numerous opposition figures.
In February 1981, Egyptian authorities were alerted to El-Jihad's plan by the arrest of an operative carrying crucial information | Overnight, the Egyptian and Iranian governments were turned from bitter enemies into fast friends |
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The History of Modern Egypt 4th edition ed | An Ideology of Martyrdom — Time• Gainesville: University Press of Florida |