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Iraq’s prime minister orders army to take control of Basra

Knight Ridder Newspapers: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday ordered thousands of Iraqi troops to Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, to disarm the Shiite Muslim...

Iran’s Rafsanjani: U.S. made mistake in launching war on Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 01 – Iran’s former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that the United States made a mistake in...

EU lawmakers condemn Iran’s “terror attack” in Iraq

Iran Focus: London, May 29 – A European Inter-Parliamentary group condemned on Monday an attack earlier in the day on a passenger bus in...

Iraq poised to become main Iranian ally

AP: To Iran's west lies a natural ally and perhaps its most potent weapon in the international fray over its nuclear program. While Iran...

Iran-backed militias gain foothold in Iraq

UPI: Senior British and Iraqi officials say southern Iraq is dominated by Shiite Muslim warlords and militiamen, a published report says. United...

Iran and Iraq to join to seal border against insurgents

New York Times: Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki of Iran, on the second day of his visit to Iraq, said Saturday that the two countries...

Iranian-backed militia groups take control of much of southern Iraq

Knight Ridder Newspapers: Southern Iraq, long touted as a peaceful region that's likely to be among the first areas returned to Iraqi control, is...

Iran accuses U.S., Britain of lying about real intentions in Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 – Iran’s former President Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani accused the United States and Britain on Friday of...

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Iranian Nurses Protest Unpaid Outstanding Claims

On May 30, a group of nurses in Yazd Province held a protest rally outside the Governor-General's Office, demanding...

Physician Migration, A Warning Alarm for Iran’s Healthcare System

With physicians and nurses emigrating abroad, the human resources crisis in Iran’s healthcare system has entered a new phase....

Denmark Accuses Iran’s Regime of Terrorism Threat

According to Al Arabiya, Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service (PET) announced that Iran's regime has played a more prominent...

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Punitive Restrictions Imposed on Female Prisoners in Iran’s Evin Prison

Golrokh Iraee, Zahra Safaei, Marzieh Farsi, Shiva Esmaili, and...

Political Prisoner Bijan Kazemi Sentenced to 37 Years and Six Months in Prison

Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner held in Tehran’s Evin...

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U.S. accuses Iran over support for militias in Iraq

Reuters: The United States accused Iran after talks on...

UK sanctions Iran Air and the Iranian regime’s shipping company  

On Monday, November 18, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions...