Following is an excerpt from an interview with former Iranian ambassador to Syria Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pour, which aired on Al-Manar TV on February 6, 2009.
Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pour: If the Egyptians ever suffered defeat – as part of the Arab armies – it was because of the influence of people like Husni Mubarak in the ranks of the Arab armies. If not for those treacherous collaborators in the ranks of the Arab armies, these armies would not have suffered such a defeat by a handful of Jews and Zionists, who are afraid of their own shadow.