"In addition to the importance of a speech by the guardian of Muslims... it also coincides with regional developments and the Islamic awakening in Egypt and other Arab Islamic nations," the Mehr news agency reported.
Last year, Sayyed Khamenei addressed members of a Palestinian resistance group saying "there is no doubt that based on realities envisioned by God, a new Middle East will be formed and this Middle East will be an Islamic Middle East."
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday the revolt in Egypt will help create an Islamic Middle East. "With the knowledge that I have of the great revolutionary and history-making people of Egypt, I am sure they will play their role in creating an Islamic Middle East for all freedom, justice and independence seekers," state television's website quoted him as saying.
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