TEHRAN – Egypt has not issued visas for four Iranian MPs who were on schedule to visit the Gaza Strip.

The MPs are Mahmoud Ahmadi-Biqash from the city of Shazand, Parviz Sorouri from Tehran, Shabib Joyjeri from Ahvaz, and Eivaz Heidarpour who represents Shahreza in the parliament.
“We have made all the arrangements, even the airline tickets to Egypt are ready, but unfortunately the Egyptian government has announced that it has not yet issued visas for the MPs,” Ahmadi-Biqash said on Tuesday.
He stated that the Egyptian government had requested and received the MPs’ credentials, but so far it has been uncooperative and failed to arrange to authorize the visit.
The trip was scheduled to take place early on Tuesday.
The effort by the Iranian MPs is part of a broader attempt by the international community to break the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip