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Iran triggering Shiite “backlash” in Iraq, US ambassador claims

AFP: Iran can never conquer Iraq and is even stirring a Shiite "backlash" there by backing militias fighting the Iraqi government and US-led troops,...

US ambassador in Iraq invites Iran talks

AP: The U.S. ambassador in Iraq says the Bush administration wants to test whether Iran is really interested in talking to the United States...

All the talk is about Iraq, but concern about Iran is mounting

McClatchy Newspapers: The hours of congressional testimony, the speeches and the press conferences this week were all, nominally, about Iraq. But another, equally explosive...

Bush calls Iran one of two greatest threats to America

The Times: President Bush warned Iran yesterday that if it did not stop arming and training Shia militia in Iraq then “America will act...

Bush backs Petraeus on indefinite suspension of troop pullout in Iraq

Washington Post: President Bush ordered an indefinite suspension yesterday of troop withdrawals from Iraq this summer but promised that the war "is not endless"...

Bush dispatches envoys to Arab capitals as part of Iraq plan

New York Times: President Bush directed Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, and Ryan C. Crocker, the American ambassador to Baghdad,...

Iraqi leaders turn wary of Iran, Petraeus says

CNN: Iranian influence on Iraq's ruling parties is a "stark reality," the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq said Thursday, but he said Iranian...

Bush signals no further reduction of troops in Iraq

New York Times: President Bush said Thursday that the senior United States commander in Iraq could “have all the time he needs” before reducing...

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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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Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Enters 124th Week

On Tuesday, June 9, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

Rationing and Sharp Increases in Bread Prices Across Iran

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