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2 candidates from Iraq’s Sunni-backed party killed

AP: Gunmen killed two candidates from the Sunni-backed coalition that won the most seats in Iraq's March parliamentary election, slayings that the alliance said...

Gunmen kill politician of winning Iraqi bloc

Reuters: A member of the cross-sectarian Iraqiya bloc that won Iraq's March parliamentary election was shot dead on Saturday, the second Iraqiya politician to...

Iran troops twice cross border to fight rebels: Iraq Kurds

AFP: Iranian troops have crossed into Iraq twice in three days amid clashes with Kurdish rebels in the Qandil mountains near the border, a...

NGOs seek UN protection for Iranian group in Iraq

Iran Focus: Geneva, Jun. 04 - Several leading NGOs urged the United Nations on Thursday to protect 3,400 Iranian dissidents living in a camp...

Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq

Reuters: A small unit of Iranian soldiers has entered Iraqi territory in pursuit of Kurdish rebels in the north, officials in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan...

Iraq’s north says villagers flee Iranian shelling

Reuters: Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Tuesday dozens of families had been displaced in days of shelling by Iranian forces pursuing Kurdish rebels...

Iraq’s Supreme Court ratifies election results

AP: Iraq's Supreme Court on Tuesday took the first major step toward resolving the nation's election crisis, ratifying the results and declaring a secular...

UN warns of dangers posed to Iranian dissidents in Iraq

Iran Focus: London, May 29 - As Iraqi politicians struggle to form a new government, the fate of 3,400 members of the main Iranian...

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Political Prisoner Fathollah Avari Executed in Hamedan

In the early hours of Tuesday, June 2, the death sentence of Fathollah Avari, one of the protesters who...

IRGC Attacks Kuwait and Bahrain, Hezbollah and Israel Clash

While in the early hours of Wednesday, June 3, local time, Kuwait reported intercepting missile and drone attacks, air...

Iranian Authorities Dismiss Professors, Harass Dismissed Faculty Members at University

On March 31, the state-run ILNA news agency published a report on the dismissal of university professors across the...

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Trump Leaves Advisors’ Meeting Without Reaching a Final Decision

A meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his...

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

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