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Radical Shiite cleric Sadr ‘back in Iraq’

AFP: Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr returned to the holy city of Najaf from Iran on Wednesday, a source within his office told AFP....

U.S. official says Iran relying on ‘soft power’ to influence Iraq

RFE/RL: A top U.S. State Department official says Iran's efforts to exercise "hard power" in Iraq have failed, prompting Tehran to try to influence...

Sadr returns to Iran from Iraq: sources

AFP: Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has returned to Iran after having only arrived in Iraq around two weeks ago, two senior officials within...

London protests at ‘attack’ on Iran exiles at Iraq camp

BBC: Demonstrators have gathered outside the Iranian Embassy in London to protest at what they claim was an attack on Iranian exiles in Iraq....

Exiled Iran opposition claims attack on Iraq camp

AFP: The head of Iran's main exiled opposition coalition on Saturday accused forces in Iraq of carrying out an attack on a camp housing...

British lawmakers “strongly condemn” assault on Iranian dissidents in Iraq

Iran Focus: London, Jan. 07 - British Parliamentarians strongly condemned an assault Friday on Iranian dissidents in Camp Ashraf in Iraq by Iraqi armed...

Iran foreign minister meets top Iraq clerics

AFP: Iran's foreign minister courted top clerics in Najaf, the Iraqi religious heartland, on Thursday, the second day of a visit to Iraq aimed...

Spanish court open probe into killings in Iraq

AP: A Spanish judge has opened a probe into a melee in which Iraqi security forces are accused of killing 11 members of an...

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Political Prisoner Zahra Shahbaz Tabari Has Once Again Been Sentenced to Death

Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, was once again sentenced to death by...

Experts Warn About Declining Dairy Consumption and the Risk of Expanding Malnutrition in Iran

With dairy prices rising again and consumption declining in Iran, experts have warned about the spread of anemia, osteoporosis,...

Burial Costs in Tehran Increase by Up to 50% as Inflation Soars in Iran

A new resolution by the Tehran City Council shows that the cost of cemetery services in the capital—from transporting...

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Netblocks: Iran’s Internet Faces Heavy Filtering Despite Restored Connectivity

NetBlocks, the global internet monitoring organization, says that Iran’s...

Political Prisoner Bijan Kazemi Sentenced to 37 Years and Six Months in Prison

Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner held in Tehran’s Evin...

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Iran objects to foreign troops in Bahrain

Reuters: The presence of foreign troops in Bahrain is...