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Bush turns up heat on Maliki

Washington Post: President Bush pointedly declined Tuesday to offer a public endorsement of embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, expressing his disappointment at the...

Bush takes a step away from Maliki

New York Times: When President Bush and Nuri Kamal al-Maliki stood side by side in Jordan last November, the president proclaimed the prime minister...

Leaflets said to warn of Iran move into north Iraq

Reuters: Kurdish authorities in northeastern Iraq said on Tuesday they were investigating the authenticity of leaflets warning villagers to evacuate ahead of an Iranian...

Coalition captures smuggler of Iranian weapons in Iraq

Iran Focus: London, Aug. 20 - Coalition Forces captured a weapons smuggler and "Special Groups extremist leader" in a pre-dawn raid on Monday near...

Iran trains militiamen inside Iraq, U.S. says

Washington Post: A senior U.S. general said Sunday that about 50 members of an elite Iranian military unit are training Shiite militias south of...

Ahmadinejad may visit Iraq

Reuters: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted an invitation to visit neighbouring Iraq, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday, a move that would be...

Fifty Iranian Guards train south Iraq militias-US

Reuters: About 50 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are believed to be training Shi'ite militias in the use of mortars and rockets in...

Remote northeast Iraq hit by Iran shells-officials

Reuters: The Iranian military has shelled Kurdish areas in Iraq's remote northeast intermittently over the past three days, wounding two women and forcing the...

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Political Prisoner Zahra Shahbaz Tabari Has Once Again Been Sentenced to Death

Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a political prisoner held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, was once again sentenced to death by...

Experts Warn About Declining Dairy Consumption and the Risk of Expanding Malnutrition in Iran

With dairy prices rising again and consumption declining in Iran, experts have warned about the spread of anemia, osteoporosis,...

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

A new resolution by the Tehran City Council shows that the cost of cemetery services in the capital—from transporting...

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Workers At Iran’s Makran Steel Face Nine Months of Unpaid Wages

The ongoing crisis of unpaid workers’ wages in contracted...

The Vicious Cycle of Poverty in Iran

Over the past more than a decade, Iran’s economy...

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AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday appointed a new...

U.S. colonel says Iran is assassinating Iraqi officials

Washington Post: Iran has been directing assassination operations in Iraq...

Iran plans to raise steel output after sanctions cut imports 30%

Bloomberg: Iran plans to increase steel output, becoming an...