Egyptian experts have called for peace, restraint and justice from both sides of the Israel-Iran conflict to avoid possible nuclear disasters and economic fallout. As tensions between Israel and Iran reach dangerous new heights, African countries are speaking out, reflecting the continent's diverse geopolitical stances yet unified in a call for peace, restraint, and justice in the Middle East. Egyptian experts have highlighted concerns over the possible nuclear disaster and the economic impact being felt in the north African nation. As the region is at a boiling point, the threat of a nuclear catastrophe has never been so real. There is widespread concern that Egypt, the closest African country to Israel, could be the victim of a deadly spillover, if Iran hits the Dimona nuclear facility, located in the Negev Desert in southern Israel. The Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) has a network across the country that can detect radiation and issue regular reports to the public. Meanwhile, Cairo, a main mediator in the middle east, has been heavily criticizing Israel's policies Besides the probable political and security aspects, what is already being felt is the direct impact of the war on Egypt's economy. Since Israel started its military operation on Iran, the Egyptian pound dropped from 49 to 51 against the U.S. dollar, while the stock market saw major losses, with hot money exiting the region. The Suez Canal, another major source of hard currency, is also facing more losses as a shipping corridor. Energy is more concerning. Egypt's natural gas imports from Israel's Leviathan gas field have been suspended for security reasons. Egypt has quickly issued a tender to import one million tons of natural gas for immediate delivery. Meanwhile, the Egyptian government said it is amending the state expenditure to save funds for importing food, energy and basic necessities, if the conflict prolongs, and inflation hits global markets. Shotlist: Cairo, Egypt - Recent: FILE: Cairo, Egypt - Date Unknown 1. Time-lapse shot of cityscape, traffic; Cairo, Egypt - Recent 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Karim El Adham, former chairman, National Center for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control (partially overlaid with shot 3): "Most of the facilities at the Dimona nuclear reactor are deeply underground. However, if it is bombed, Dimona is about 80 km from the Egyptian border, we are mainly far from this effect, but we have to take care to detect, and to monitor the radiation levels because of the wind direction and wind speed." [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cairo, Egypt - Date Unknown 3. Cityscape; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cairo, Egypt - March 2025 4. Various of cityscape; Cairo, Egypt - Recent 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Karim El Adham, former chairman, National Center for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control (starting with shot 4/partially overlaid with shot 6): "The reports are very important just to illustrate the situation and also to be true to the people in Egypt, but till now, there's no increase in radiation level. If there are any increase in the radiation level, we have what we call emergency measures that depend on how much the radiation [is]."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cairo, Egypt - Date Unknown 6. Various of cityscape; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cairo, Egypt - 2020 7. Cityscape, river; FILE: Cairo, Egypt - Date Unknown 8. Aerial shot of cityscape, traffic; Cairo, Egypt - Recent 9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed El Dihi, deputy chairman, Al Hewar Center for Political Studies (starting with shot 8/partially overlaid with shots 10-11): "There are repercussions on Egypt's national security, especially that Iran has its proxies in places like Yemen and Lebanon, it might destabilize the whole region, including Egypt. Egypt also will be intensifying diplomatic efforts."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] Cairo, Egypt - June 2, 2025 10. Meeting on regional tensions, Iranian nuclear issue between Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi in progress; 11. Meeting on regional tensions, Iranian nuclear issue between Abdelatty, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in progress; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Egypt - 2024 12. People handling business in bank; 13. Various of banknotes being counted; Cairo, Egypt - Recent 14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mona Mostafa, operation manager, Arabeya Online for Securities Brokerage (starting with shot 13/ending with shots 15-16): "The economic impact would be much worse, especially sectors that secure U.S. dollar revenue, such as tourism."; FILE: Egypt - 2024 15. Pyramids, camels carrying tourists; 16. Various of tourists visiting pyramids, sphinx, taking photos; 17. Various of vessels with containers on Suez Canal; Cairo, Egypt - Recent 18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mona Mostafa, operation manager, Arabeya Online for Securities Brokerage (partially overlaid with shots 19-21): "The interruption of natural gas supply would affect factories and cause production difficulties. We are now in negotiation to arrange five LNG vessels to cover the shortage in natural gas supplies, which could force our hands to bring electricity outages strategy back."; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Egypt - 2024 19. Vessels on Suez Canal; 20. Crew operating vessel; 21. Various of vessels on Suez Canal; [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] FILE: Cairo, Egypt - Date Unknown 22. Various of cityscape, traffic. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]