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Iraqi cleric Sadr visits Syria from exile in Iran

AFP: Self-exiled Iraqi radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visited Damascus on Saturday from his base in Iran for talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad...

General warns of attacks on U.S. troops leaving Iraq

Los Angeles Times: A militant group reportedly backed by Iran is suspected of planning attacks, which could be billed as a blow to America's...

Iraq cabinet to summon Kurds over Iran fuel sales

Reuters: Iraq's oil minister on Tuesday criticised the authorities of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region for allowing fuel to be exported to neighbouring Iran without...

Iran-backed group eyed attack on US bases in Iraq: general

AFP: Iranian-backed militants recently received specialist training inside Iran to help mount an attack on American military bases in Iraq, the top US commander...

Oil smuggling to Iran embarrassment for Iraq

AP: The smuggling of tens of thousands of gallons a day of crude oil and refined fuels from northern Iraq to Iran, in violation...

Looming deadline threatens to unhinge fragile Iraq peace

The Scotsman: With the West's focus now firmly on the continuing carnage in Afghanistan, you could be forgiven for thinking that Iraq these days...

Iraq Kurds say to crack down on fuel smuggling

Reuters: Iraq's northern Kurdish region is cracking down on fuel oil smuggling through the area and across Iraq's borders, the government of the semi-autonomous...

Smugglers in Iraq blunt sanctions against Iran

New York Times: Even as the United States imposes new sanctions on Iran, one of the biggest gaps in the American strategy is on...

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Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution

Following the confirmation of Naser Bakrzadeh’s death sentence by Iran’s Supreme Court, the risk of his imminent execution has...

A New Wave of Mass Arrests in Iran

Following the wave of repression after the nationwide protests of January 2026, the Iranian regime’s security and judicial institutions...

Iran’s Housing Market Under the Rubble of War

The 40-day war involving Iran’s regime, the United States, and Israel led to a phenomenon analysts describe as “wartime...

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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...

Iran’s Nurses Reject the Regime’s ‘Pro Internet’ Plan

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Mortar ‘made in Iran’ killed British soldier

Daily Telegraph: A British soldier was killed by insurgents...

Unrest continues in Iran’s Kurdish region

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 10 – Sixty Iranian...