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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...

Bush: Iran supplying weapons in Iraq

AP: President Bush said Wednesday he's convinced that the Iranian government is supplying deadly weapons to fighters in Iraq, even if he can't prove...

U.S. says “sophisticated weaponry” hit chopper in Iraq

Reuters: A transport helicopter that crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven on board was brought down by a "sophisticated piece of weaponry",...

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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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Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the...

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

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued...

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Iraq president: PM’s critics didn’t get majority

AP: Opponents of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have failed...