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Iran says snatched diplomat freed in Iraq

AFP: The Iranian embassy in Baghdad said on Tuesday that its second secretary, Jalal Sharafi, who had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital in...

Iran protests over ‘British shootout’ at consulate

AFP: Iran has formally protested at what it called a "British shootout" around its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, amid a standoff...

Iran claims British troops attack its outpost in southern Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 29 – Iran claimed on Thursday that its consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra had come under...

Iraqi FM says British sailors outside Iranian waters on arrest

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 27 – Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari issued a statement on Monday on the capture of 15 British Navy and...

Fisherman says saw Britons detained in Iraqi waters

Reuters: An Iraqi fisherman who said he saw Iranian forces detain British sailors and marines on Friday in a waterway between Iraq and Iran...

US and UK fail to find smoking gun

The Guardian: Although British and US military and diplomats often complain of Iranian support for insurgents in Iraq, there is no "smoking gun" to...

Protecting Iraq’s oil supply

The Guardian: The frigate HMS Cornwall is on patrol as the lead ship of Combined Task Force 158, whose UN-backed mission is to protect...

Did Iraqi police help kill U.S. troops?

Wall Street Journal: Stoking concerns that insurgents have infiltrated Iraqi forces, an account by four witnesses suggests that a brazen January attack that killed...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has...

From Inflation to Food Insecurity, Iran Is Moving Toward a Hidden Famine

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