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Iraq frees prisoners in gesture to ease Sunni protests

Reuters: Iraq's government has released more than 300 prisoners held under anti-terrorism laws as a goodwill gesture to try to appease Sunni Muslim demonstrators...

Tens of thousands of Sunni Iraqis rally against Maliki

Reuters: Tens of thousands of Iraqi Sunni Muslims took to the streets in Baghdad and other cities after prayers on Friday, in another show...

Thousands rally for Iraqi prisoners’ release

AFP: Thousands of Sunnis demonstrated across Iraq on Friday, in the latest of nearly two weeks of rallies criticising the country's premier ...

Iraq Sunni protests in Anbar against Nouri al-Maliki

BBC: Tens of thousands of Iraqis have joined demonstrations against Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shia, in the mainly Sunni province of Anbar....

Iraq star rises in OPEC as embargo uurts Iran

Bloomberg: Iraq jumped two places to No. 2 in OPEC’s rankings this year, cementing its position among the world’s leading oil producers. Neighboring...

Demos against PM block Iraq highway

AFP: Hundreds of protesters also gathered in Samarra, the capital of Salaheddin province north of Baghdad, repeating chants describing Maliki as a...

Iranian exiles blame Iraqis for camp death

AP: An Iranian exile group representing residents of a refugee camp outside Baghdad alleged Monday that one of its members has died after...

Iraqi protestors block highway to Jordan, Syria

AP: Thousands of protesters demonstrated Sunday in Iraq's western Sunni heartland following the arrest of bodyguards assigned to the finance minister, briefly...

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War and its Impact on Children’s Education in Iran

Repeated school closures during the war between the United States and Iran's regime have severely reduced the quality of...

Iran: Violent Transfer of Political Prisoners to the Notorious Ghezel Hesar Prison

On Monday, April 13, seven political prisoners held in Ward 7 of Evin Prison in Tehran were abruptly, violently,...

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

Following reports of Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s...

Escalating Executions in Iran Put EU Policy Under Scrutiny

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