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Rice has no plans to meet Iranian at conference on Iraq

AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she had no plans to meet Iranian officials at an international conference in Kuwait next...

U.S. plans to protect Green Zone

UPI: The U.S. military plans to create a buffer zone in the southern part of Sadr City to prevent militants launching rockets into the...

US military chief calls Iran top challenge, urges dialogue

AFP: Iran is likely to be the top challenge for the United States over the next five years, the top US military officer said...

Sadr calls for reinstatement of forces

UPI: Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr Tuesday called on the Iraqi government to reinstate the 1,300 Iraqi security forces fired for desertion during recent fighting....

First Saddam, then Al-Qaeda, now Iran motivates US war in Iraq

AFP: The rationale for war in Iraq has morphed from ousting strongman Saddam Hussein to countering Al-Qaeda militants to its latest incarnation -- facing...

INTERVIEW-Iraq frustrated at delays to Iran/US talks- Zebari

Reuters: Iraq expects to host more talks between U.S. and Iranian officials on improving Iraq's security but is frustrated by repeated delays, Foreign Minister...

Hadley: Iran still threat in Iraq

AP: With al-Qaida's influence diminishing in Iraq, U.S. troops have much work to do in stemming Iranian support for militias, President Bush's national security...

US confrontation with Iran unlikely in Iraq: US defense secretary

AFP: The chances of the United States "stumbling" into a confrontation with Iran through skirmishes in Iraq "are very low," Defense Secretary Robert Gates...

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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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European Union Sanctions Against Iran’s Regime and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

In the latest development in the tense relations between...

Iran’s Regime Upholds Death Sentences of Five Political Prisoners in Ahvaz

Karoon Human Rights Organization reported that the death sentences...

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Reuters: The European Union and United Nations should tighten...

Iran summons Swiss envoy over U.S. “spy networks”

Reuters: Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador to...

Iran nuclear talks likely in Geneva next month: EU

AFP: Stalled negotiations between world powers and Iran on...