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Saleh Mutlaq pulls out of Iraqi elections threatening US plans

The Times: The Obama Administration has talked of next month’s elections in Iraq as being a transformative event that will put the country...

General says 2 Iraq politicians have ties to Iran

New York Times: Gen. Ray Odierno, the senior American commander in Iraq, said Tuesday that two influential Iraqi politicians now involved in ...

US general accuses Iraqi politicians of links to Iran

AFP: The US commander in Iraq on Tuesday accused two Iraqi politicians at the center of a dispute over blacklisting electoral candidates of...

US says five Iran-backed insurgents killed near Iraq border

AFP: The US military on Friday said five insurgents from an "Iranian-backed terrorist organisation" were killed in a shootout in an Iraqi-led...

Obama administration must intervene in Iraqi election crisis

Washington Post - Editorial: Iraq's march toward a crucial national election has had the feel of a cheap carnival ride, with sickening plunges and...

Sunni Iraqis fear disenfranchisement after hundreds of candidates banned

Washington Post: By barring hundreds of candidates from an upcoming parliamentary election, a controversial commission whose members have close ties to Iran is threatening...

Tony Blair failed to see Iran threat, Lord Turnbull tells inquiry

The Times: Tony Blair was so committed to overthrowing Saddam Hussein that he failed to foresee that it could make the Middle East more...

Border oil dispute worsens fears about Iran’s influence over Iraqi government

Washington Post: A dispute between Iraq and Iran over an inactive oil well has become a rallying cry for Iraqi nationalists and exacerbated fears...

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

The United States sanctioned a network involved in the...

Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian...

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