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No fraud in Baghdad recount: Iraq election commission

AFP: A recount of votes in Baghdad yielded no evidence of fraud, Iraq's election commission said on Friday, more than two months after March...

Iran frees Iraqi soldier in border incident

Reuters: Iran released an Iraqi border patrol officer Friday after he was detained briefly when Iraqi border guards were mistaken for Kurdish rebels on...

Despite political uncertainties in Iraq, U.S. sticking with drawdown plan

Washington Post: The U.S. military is on track to draw down to 50,000 troops in Iraq by the end of the summer, but...

Iraqi and Iranian soldiers trade fire on border

AFP: Iraqi border guards exchanged fire with Iranian troops along the two countries' border on Thursday, the first major incident between the two since...

Iran border guards arrest Iraqi fishermen: report

AFP: Iranian border guards arrested nine Iraqi fishermen in Iranian waters in the strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway in recent days, the Fars ...

Iraq’s election last month could produce a pro-Iran alliance

The Scotsman: While Scots have been engrossed in our own General Election drama, an even more titanic power struggle has been taking place...

Maliki’s actions, and Obama’s inaction, threaten an Iraq democracy

Los Angeles Times: Unless the U.S. does more to address the Iraqi prime minister's postelection moves, billions of dollars and thousands of lives...

Iraq vote winner asserts right to form government

AP: The leader of the top vote-getting coalition in Iraq's inconclusive March 7 elections insisted his bloc still has the right to ...

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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 Housing Market Under the Rubble of War

The 40-day war involving Iran’s regime, the United States,...

U.S. Sanctions Tehran’s Drone and Missile Networks

As part of its ongoing maximum pressure policy, the...

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White House: New Iran sanctions could lead U.S. to ‘war’

UPI: The White House warned Congress imposing new economic...