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Clerics advise Sadr to keep Mahdi Army

UPI: The influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said his clerical advisers, including Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, rejected calls to disband the Mahdi Army....

Rice to travel to Arab Gulf for talks on Iraq, Mideast peace: official

AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Gulf Arab states this month for meetings aimed at stabilizing Iraq and bolstering the Arab-Israeli...

Petraeus says Iranian-backed groups are greatest threat to Iraq

Bloomberg: Shiite militia groups backed by Iran are the greatest long-term threat to Iraq's stability, according to Army General David Petraeus, the top U.S....

Iraqi forces discover “largest” Iranian EFP cache

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 09 – Iraqi security forces in the town of al-Qasim have discovered the “largest explosively-formed penetrator cache found to date”,...

U.S. sees Iran and Syria “Lebanon” gambit in Iraq

Reuters: The top two U.S. officials in Iraq accused Iran, Syria and Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday of fueling recent fighting in Baghdad, saying Tehran...

US war chiefs: Iran’s strategy backfires

AP: The Bush administration sees an opening with Iran in the recent flare-up of violence in Iraq, saying Tuesday that Shiite infighting may make...

Charts accompanying Petraeus’ remarks at Senate hearing

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 09 - Charts accompanying remarks on Tuesday by U.S. General David H. Petraeus, the commander of Coalition forces in Iraq,...

Full text of Petraeus’ remarks at Senate hearing

Iran Focus: London, Apr. 09 - Full text of remarks on Tuesday by U.S. General David H. Petraeus, the commander of Coalition forces in...

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The German Government Will Not Receive the Son of Iran’s Last Shah

Following reports of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, traveling to Germany to attend...

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In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of...

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