News On Iran & Its Neighbours

Reuters: The White House acknowledged on Monday that sectarian violence in Iraq had entered "a new phase" but denied it amounted to civil war....

Washington Post: The U.S. military is no longer able to defeat a bloody insurgency in western Iraq or counter al-Qaeda's rising popularity there, according...

AFP: Britain on Monday condemned Iran's behaviour in fueling violence in neighbouring Iraq as "unacceptable," calling on Tehran to become a constructive partner with...

Iran Focus: London, Nov. 28 – United States President George W. Bush reaffirmed on Tuesday that his administration would only hold direct negotiations with...

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 28 – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Tuesday that peace and...

Reuters: Democratic Sen. Joseph Biden, who will be the next chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, set down benchmarks on Monday that he...

New York Times: Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pledged Monday in a meeting with the Iraqi president that Iran would do all it could to...

New York Times: A senior American intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the...