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Iraqi police in stand-off with Iran camp residents

AFP: Hundreds of Iraqi police and soldiers were in a tense stand-off with residents of a camp housing Iran's main exiled opposition on Wednesday,...

Iraqi forces attack Iranian opposition camp

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 28 - Iraqi forces on Tuesday are attacking the base of the main Iranian opposition group situated north-west of Baghdad....

U.S. officials negotiated with Iraqi insurgent groups twice in spring

Washington Post: U.S. officials engaged in negotiations with Iraqi insurgent groups in two meetings this spring that culminated in an agreement to organize talks intended...

Iran threatens legal action over U.S. detentions

Reuters: Iran threatened the United States on Sunday with possible legal action for detaining five of its officials for up to 30 months in...

US releases 5 Iranian officials

AP: U.S. forces on Thursday released five Iranian officials who were detained in January 2007 in northern Iraq on suspicion of aiding Shiite Iraqi...

Iran shuts offices, cancels flights due dust from Iraq

Reuters: Iran closed many government offices and state firms and cancelled some flights on Tuesday because of wind-blown dust caused by sandstorms in neighbouring...

Iran eyes oil pipeline to Basra

UPI: Five Iranian companies have expressed interest in bidding on the construction of the Abadan-Basra pipeline to Iraq, Iranian officials say. United Press...

Iran’s hard line fuels Iraq attacks

Wall Street Journal: Some of the Iraqi Shiite extremist groups that the U.S. claims are backed by Iran say they are ratcheting up attacks in...

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Global Torture Index: Iran Is Among the World’s Highest-Risk Countries for Torture

The latest Global Torture Index identifies Iran as one of the world's highest-risk countries for torture, impunity, and state...

Grossi: A Very Robust Verification System is Needed for Iran’s Nuclear Program

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that a very robust verification system is...

Renewable Water Per Capita in Iran Falls To 1,200 Cubic Meters Per Year

Reports from Iranian regime government institutions show that the "renewable water per capita" indicator for each Iranian citizen has...

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126th Week of ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign in 57 Prisons

In the 126th week of the protest campaign "No...

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Iraqi demonstrators protest alleged electoral fraud

AFP: Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of...