TEHRAN The issue of changing the name of Khaled Eslamboli Street, currently being tackled by the Tehran City Council, was recently discussed in a meeting of the cabinet of President Seyed Mohammad Khatami.

On May 21, the Tehran City Council agreed to urgent debate on changing the name of Eslamboli Street.

Eslamboli assassinated Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in 1981.

It was Sadat who signed the first peace treaty with the Zionist entity, the usurper of the lands of the Palestinians.

The cabinet members are of the opinion that changing the name of Eslamboli Street is not under jurisdiction of the Tehran City Council.

Sadat committed serious treachery against the Muslims and particularly the Palestinians, who became homeless.

Since the Intifada, the armed struggle of the Palestinians, started in late September, some 600 people have sacrificed their lives and thousands have been injured.

Egypt recalled its ambassador from Israel, but all political and economic activities between the two are still continuing as usual.

Iran cut diplomatic relations with Egypt just after the culmination of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Several revolutionary countries hailed Iran's decision to cut ties with Egypt, as Sadat was nothing but a mercenary of the U.S. and the Zionists.

"Nothing has changed, and relations between Egypt and Israel are the same, so why Iran should change its policy regarding Cairo," an analyst commented.