TEHRAN (FNA)- Egypt’s first democratically-elected president Mohammad Morsiwas threatened by Egyptian officials days before he died, according to areport.
Morsi was pressured to surrender his legitimacy as the elected president ofEgypt and bow down to the regime of Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, but he rejected,Middle East Eye (MEE) claimed.
Morsi was told to disband the Muslim Brotherhood or “face theconsequences”, the MEE said in the report.
He refused to talk about closing down the Muslim Brotherhood, stating thathe “is not the leader of the movement”.
Morsi dismissed the threat and he was dead after a couple of days.
Morsi has been in prison undergoing multiple trials ever since the militaryousted him in July 2013 and launched a massive crackdown on the MuslimBrotherhood. The session was part of a retrial, being held inside Cairo’sTura Prison, on charges of espionage with the Palestinian resistancemovement Hamas.
The Muslim Brotherhood has accused Egyptian authorities of beingresponsible for Morsi’s “deliberate slow death”.
The Egyptian authorities “put him in solitary confinement… they withheldmedication and gave him disgusting food… they did not give him the mostbasic human rights”, the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party announcedin a statement published on its website.
Senior Muslim Brotherhood official Amr Darrag called for an internationalexpert team to examine Morsi’s body.
Amnesty International also called for a fair, transparent and comprehensiveEgyptian investigation into Morsi’s death.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling Morsi a “martyr”, extendedcondolences to his family and the Egyptian people.
“Unfortunately, the incident took place in the court room. I first of all Iwish God’s mercy for our martyred brother Morsi,” he said.
“The West has always been silent in the face of these executions byel-Sissi. The EU member states forbidding execution unfortunately acceptedan invitation by this murderer Sissi to attend a meeting in Egypt,” headded, criticizing the EU for being “hypocrites” and calling Sissi a”tyrant” who took power in a “coup” and trampled on democracy.