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Iraqi electricity minister resigns over shortages

AP: Iraq's electricity minister resigned Monday as the government scrambled to do damage control in the face of angry protests over the lack of...

Iraqi FM says political ‘bickering’ risks street riots

AFP: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned on Monday that prolonged "bickering" over who should be the war-torn country's prime minister is angering the...

Iraq’s Allawi fears plots to assasinate him

AFP: Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi, who is locked in a struggle to form a new government after inconclusive polls, said in an...

Baghdad suicide bombers kill 26 in crowded street

AFP: Suicide bombers in two cars killed 26 people and wounded 53 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday when they drove down a...

Iraq police shoot dead protester over power cuts

AP: A protest over electricity shortages in Iraq's southern port city of Basra turned deadly on Saturday with troops fatally shooting one demonstrator, police...

Iraq rivals draw warning from top cleric as deal hopes dim

AFP: Iraq's two main contenders to head a new government remained at odds Friday, denting US hopes that a top envoy had advanced the...

Iraq car bombs kill five, wound 79

AFP: Two car bombs targeting a provincial councillor and a police officer north of Baghdad on Friday killed five people and wounded 79, many...

Top cleric seen tipping Iraq’s political balance

AP: Iraqis hoping for a secular, nonsectarian government are worried about signs that the country's most revered Shiite cleric has stepped into the postelection...

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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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Iran’s Regime Forges Guyana’s Flag in New Oil Tanker Scandal

Following international revelations about the Iranian regime’s covert oil...

Iranian Political Prisoner Naser Bakrzadeh’s at Risk of Execution

Following the confirmation of Naser Bakrzadeh’s death sentence by...

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Senior official: Iran will not suspend uranium enrichment

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 11 – A senior...