Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday announced a new trial of ousted President Mohammed Morsi and the top leaders of his Muslim Brotherhood, accusing them of conspiring with foreign forces to carry out a wave of terrorism to destabilize the country.
In their statement, the prosecutors claimed that Morsi and 35 others created an international terrorist network linking jihadi militant groups in the region along with Hamas, Lebanon`s Hezbollah and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, exchanging and revealing state secrets, sponsoring terrorism and carrying out combat training.
The charges, which carry a potential death penalty, are the most sweeping and heaviest accusations yet in a series of trials against Morsi and his group.