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Iran steps up flow of arms, gunmen into Iraq for a “hot October”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 30 – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and other state agencies have been sending more gunmen and weapons into Iraq in recent...

Iranian spy nabbed in Baghdad as Tehran steps up meddling in Iraq

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Sep. 28 - Iraqi security forces have arrested a spy working for Iranian intelligence, a Baghdad newspaper reported Tuesday.A senior Iraqi...

Rafsanjani emphasizes need for Iraqi national cohesion in meeting with KDP leader

Tehran Times: Chairman of the Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani here on Sunday underlined the need to establish unity and solidarity among all...

Iran diplomat freed by captors as 12 killed in Iraq unrest

AFP: An Iranian diplomat was freed Monday after a 55-day hostage ordeal at the hands of the same Islamic militant group which is holding...

U.S. Targets Iran’s Influence in Iraq

Washington Post: The Bush administration is exploring several steps aimed at containing Tehran's growing influence in Iraq, according to U.S. officials, who say a...

Clerical body calls for ‘Islamic’ Iraq

Washington Times: Iran's Assembly of Experts, the body of powerful Muslim clerics that chooses the country's supreme leader, opened its 12th session Sunday calling...

Iran’s Top Clerical Body Calls for “Islamic government” in Iraq

Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 19 – The Assembly of Experts, an exclusive body of Muslim clerics who appoint the Supreme Leader of the Islamic...

Iranian warlords arm anti-British forces

Sunday Times: British intelligence has identified a group of Iranian “warlords” as the main source of funding and training for the Shi’ite insurgency in...

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Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens of cities across Iran, damaging residential homes and agricultural lands....

Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN America, shows that Iran continues to be the world’s second-largest...

Iranian Proxies Still Planning Attacks on US Forces

On Thursday, May 2, Avril Haines, the director of the U.S. National Intelligence Agency, told a Senate Armed Services...

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Intense Rainfall and Floods Damage Dozens of Cities Across Iran

Heavy rainfall has again led to flooding in dozens...

Iran is the Second Largest Prison for Writers in the World

The 2023 Freedom to Write Index, released by PEN...

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AP: A bank formerly known as ABN Amro Bank...