In the early days of Israel's founding, Israel and Iran continued to cooperate due to their needs. There was no source for territorial or ethnic dispute. However, when the Islamic Revolution broke out in Iran in 1979 and Iran's nuclear development was exposed in the 2000s, relations between the two countries deteriorated and conflicts have continued to this day.
This perceived threat was ignited by political narratives of both countries. And the narrative reinforced public awareness of threats. However, political narratives did not necessarily reflect reality. Political narratives were also used for the security of the regime to solve domestic political problems. And the narrative again influenced threat awareness and policy making.

There have been many studies regarding the Muslim Brotherhood(MB). However, many studies analyze the MB in terms of political Islam or Islamic movement. Given that MB was the main opposition group for the authoritarian regime in Egypt, this study examines the changes in political strategy and attitudes of the MB in response to the dynamics of political oppression and co-optation of Egyptian governments. In the early years, the MB was anti system group situated against the established political order. However, they have gradually become more politically mainstream. In 1980s, slight openness to the MB from the Egyptian regime, caused the MB to see democracy to be compatible with its notion of slow Islamization. Thus, they sought to establish electoral alliances with various groups in order to gain political authority. Given the regime's changing attitudes towards the MB, the group became flexible in its outlook. Ultimately, they made unprecedented opportunity for legal and free participation in the politics through Egyptian uprising in 2011. However, they missed their 'golden opportunity' to achieve strong political power as they replicated authoritarian style politics. The MB became an outsider again in the Egyptian political sphere. It can be said that they benefited out of authoritarian oppression by achieving public support as the primary opposition of the regime. In confronting the authoritarian regimes, they could be seen as a flexible or pragmatic political movement. However, the political flexibility of the MB was just a strategy for the existence under authoritarian repression. Therefore, this study contributes to exploring the MB's political struggle under authoritarian regimes in Egypt and the reason behind the success and failure of the MB in politics.