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US defense chief meets commanders over Iraq strategy

AFP: Defense Secretary Robert Gates held talks with top US military commanders this week over their plans for future troop deployments in Iraq, Pentagon...

U.S. commander: Iran still meddles in Iraq

CNN: The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, said Iran continues to support Iraqi insurgents and Syria is allowing foreign fighters passage...

McCain wary of Iran’s influence in Iraq

AP: Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, expressed fresh concern Tuesday about Iran's influence in Iraq and rising sway in Mideast. The...

Cheney wants Arab envoys in Iraq to curb Iran’s role

AFP: US Vice President Dick Cheney during a surprise visit to Baghad on Monday strongly urged Washington's Arab allies, like Saudi Arabia, to send...

Cheney to meet with Iraqi leaders

AP: Vice President Dick Cheney opened a new U.S. push for political unity in Iraq on an unannounced visit Monday, just ahead of the...

Seven killed as Shiite militants clash with Iraqi police

AFP: Fierce clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite militants and Iraqi police in the restive province of Diyala in which at least seven people...

Iran fires artillery at Kurdish villages in northern Iraq

VOA News: Iraqi officials say Iranian forces have fired artillery at several northwestern Iraqi villages suspected of harboring Kurdish rebel bases. Voice of...

Mideast commander retires after rankling bosses

New York Times: Adm. William J. Fallon, the commander of American forces in the Middle East whose outspoken public statements on Iran and other...

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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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Iranian Authorities Dismiss Professors, Harass Dismissed Faculty Members at University

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Concerns Over British Couple Detained in Iran

As tensions between Iran's regime and Western countries have...