New York Times: One evening last August, as President Hamid Karzai wrapped up an official visit to Iran, his personal plane sat on the airport tarmac, waiting for a late-running passenger: Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan.
Iran is said to give top aide to Karzai cash by the bagful
U.S. is concerned about Iran’s Afghan role after bribery report
Bloomberg: The U.S. said Iran shouldn’t interfere with Afghanistan’s internal affairs following a report that an Iranian official gave an aide of President Hamid Karzai a bag filled with packets of euro bills.
Tony Blair’s sister-in-law Lauren Booth converts to Islam after a ‘holy experience’ in Iran
The Mail on Sunday: Tony Blair’s sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having a ‘holy experience’ in Iran.
Leaked reports stir political disputes in Iraq
New York Times: Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki denounced the release of thousands of classified Iraq war records on Saturday as a move to derail his pursuit of another term, while his political opponents called the documents an indictment of Mr. Maliki’s administration.
US shot down Iranian drone in Iraq, WikiLeaks confirms
Mother Jones: The US shot down and captured an almost-completely intact Iranian surveillance drone in Iraqi territory in early 2009, not far from a refugee camp for dissident Iranians, WikiLeaks’ new Iraq logs confirm.
Document says Iranians crossed border to arrest hikers
CNN: A classified U.S. military document appears to lend credence to claims that Iran crossed the Iraqi border to arrest three American hikers.
Iran aid for Iraqi militias outlined in leak documents
Bloomberg: Iran provided extensive aid to Iraqi militias, such as training an operative who kidnapped American soldiers, according to classified U.S. military documents published yesterday.
Iran to pare food, gas subsidies
Wall Street Journal: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken initial steps to remove government subsidies of key energy and food products for Iran’s citizens, a move American officials believe could destabilize his government as international sanctions bite into the economy.
Leaked reports detail Iran’s aid for Iraqi militias
New York Times: On Dec. 22, 2006, American military officials in Baghdad issued a secret warning: The Shiite militia commander who had orchestrated the kidnapping of officials from Iraq’s Ministry of Higher Education was now hatching plans to take American soldiers hostage.
Call for protests in Iran on Students Day
Iran Focus: Tehran, Oct. 23 – From the Grapevine… Pro-democracy activists in the Iranian capital are once again urging people to take part in anti-government protests on 7 December, Iran’s ‘Student Day’.
