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Senior Iran cleric rejects U.S. charge of meddling in Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 16 – A senior Iranian cleric rejected on Friday claims by the United States that the elite Qods Force...

Dispute over Iraqi cleric, said to have gone to Iran

New York Times: Questions and accusations continued to swirl about the whereabouts of the militant Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr on Thursday, and American and...

Sadr orders militia heads out of Iraq: president

Reuters: Radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has ordered heads of his Mehdi Army militia to leave Iraq and asked the government to arrest "outlaws"...

Why accuse Iran of meddling now? U.S. officials explain

New York Times: One of the questions posed by skeptics about the Bush administration assertions about Iran’s meddling in Iraq is why the charges...

Iraq adviser: Al-Sadr in Iran

AP: An adviser to Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in Iran, but denied he fled due to...

Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria

Reuters: Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering...

Full text of Bush’s press conference

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 15 - The following is the full transcript of a press conference by United States President George W. Bush at...

Mahdi army commanders withdraw to Iran to lie low during security crackdown

The Guardian: Senior commanders of the Mahdi army, the militia loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, have been spirited away to Iran...

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700,000 Jobs Lost in Iran as A Result of War

While the fate of the war in the region remains uncertain, reports from Iran indicate a suffocating livelihood crisis...

Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

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

Escalating Executions in Iran Put EU Policy Under Scrutiny

A conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 22, 2026, brought renewed attention to the escalating...

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The Pahlavi Restoration: A Legacy of Torture and Revisionism

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Bush assumes Iran threat is over energy

Reuters: President George W. Bush said on Friday he...