TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Egyptian Parliament Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour said on Tuesday night that Iran is proudly sticking to its nuclear stance and this has dissatisfied the U.S.

He made the remarks in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel on the sidelines of the 117th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva.
Fathi Sorour added that his country as an Islamic nation supports Iran and denounces any kind of threat and aggression against Tehran over its peaceful nuclear activities.
The Egyptian parliament speaker said, ""We now see the United States passing through a period of political blunders and in order to confront this, all Muslim nations should maintain their vigilance and continue their consultations on a wide scale.
Superpowers are trying to interfere in Iran's internal affairs, and threaten the country just like when they provoked Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hossein to attack Iran, he said.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is a powerful country in the region, and this is in the interest of all Muslims and the region, he added.
Fathi Sorour noted that Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria are the four major states with pivotal role in the Middle East, which should have mutual understanding and appropriate interaction on various issues including nuclear cooperation.
He went on to say that dialogue, mutual understanding and avoidance of discord can pave the way for confronting the West's expansionism and unilateralism.
The Egyptian parliamentarian assessed the attempts to partition Iraq as plots to undermine its popular government, noting that the U.S. is pursuing the plot to achieve its objectives against Iran.
Haddad-Adel, for his part, said that Iran and Egypt are considered two wings of the Islamic world.
Pointing to the recent visit of Iran's deputy foreign minister to Cairo as a positive step toward improvement of mutual ties, he expressed hope that the move will serve to expand cooperation between Iran and Egypt as well as solidarity among Muslim nations.
He warned of U.S. threats against the Islamic world, saying that at the start of 21st century, Washington is trying to play the same role that the UK had as a colonialist power in partitioning the Middle East after the World War I. The U.S. should be aware that the global conditions have changed compared to its situation 100 years ago, and that the Islamic world is vigilant.