The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt failed to keep the trust which was bestowed upon them through Egyptians' vote, a senior Iranian lawmaker said Thursday.
"What happened in Egypt was actually a soft coup staged by the Egyptian army, which was unfortunately the result of repeated mistakes by the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood," Xinhua reported citing Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.
The lawmaker expressed hope that the Muslim Brotherhood would adopt prudent political decisions, form a new political array and try its chances once more in Egypt's future elections.
Earlier in the day, Egyptian Chief Justice Adli Mansour was sworn in as the country's interim president, hours after the army ousted incumbent Mohammed Morsi and put him under house arrest.
