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Iraq rebel cleric reins in militia; motives at issue

New York Times: Moktada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric and founder of the Mahdi Army militia, discovered recently that two of his commanders had...

Son of key Iraq Shiite arrested at Iran’s border

New York Times: The eldest son of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, perhaps the most powerful political leader in Iraq and the head of the dominant...

Iran denies Sadr is in country

AFP: Iran on Sunday for the first time formally denied claims by Iraqi and US officials that radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is in...

Rice says Iran responsible for Iraq weapons smuggle

AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted anew Saturday that the Iranian government be held responsible for the use of Iranian made weapons...

Syria’s Assad holds talks in Iran over Iraq

Reuters: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed instability in Iraq and the crisis in Lebanon with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the start of a...

Iraq says borders with Iran and Syria to re-open

Reuters: Iraq will re-open its borders with Iran and Syria, closed earlier this week in the initial stages of a security crackdown, a spokesman...

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...

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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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On Tuesday, June 9, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

US Sanctions Network Involved in the Sale of Iranian Liquefied Petroleum Gas

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