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Embattled Nouri al-Maliki ‘will not go quietly,’ foes and friends say

Washington Post: Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani did not directly mention Maliki, but he called for the creation of a government that has “broad national support,”...

Khamenei says Iran strongly opposes US intervention in Iraq

Reuters: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei expressed strong opposition on Sunday to intervention in Iraq by the United States or anyone else, saying...

Iran says Obama remarks show U.S. not serious in fighting terrorism

Reuters: President Barack Obama's plan to send advisers to Iraq to help Baghdad counter Sunni Islamist militants shows the United States is not serious...

Obama sends advisers to give Iraq time to form government

Bloomberg: President Barack Obama is deploying military advisers and reconnaissance planes to help repel a Sunni insurgency in Iraq for at least several weeks and...

Factions in Iraq work to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki

UPI: Iraqi political leaders are actively seeking a replacement for Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Malik. The political maneuvering comes as Iraqi leaders grow increasingly concerned...

Obama plan leaves Iraq mostly on its own

AP: The restrained American military aid now being offered to defend Baghdad against a ferocious Sunni insurgency reaffirms the Obama administration's mantra that Iraq...

Iraq crisis: Prime Minister Maliki refuses to stand down as Isis militants advance on oil refinery 

The Independent: Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has refused calls for his resignation as government forces continue to battle Sunni militants attempting to take control...

 Obama distances U.S. from Maliki as Iraq strikes debated

Bloomberg: Obama administration officials publicly urged Iraq’s leaders yesterday to make their Shiite-dominated government more inclusive as part of a broader strategy to roll back...

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The Quest for a Democratic Republic Through the Lens of Iran’s Organized Resistance

Iran's current crisis goes beyond temporary governance failures and is rooted in a closed political structure that has deprived...

Rising Youth Unemployment in Iran

The Iranian regime claims in its official reports that the unemployment rate has declined, but the reality of the...

Execution of a Political Prisoner at Qezel Hesar Prison

Early this morning, Wednesday, Aref Khoshkar, a political prisoner and one of those arrested during the nationwide protests of...

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AP: Russia is bringing home its technicians and engineers...

Iraq Shia militia ‘murdered prisoners’

Telegraph: Abdullah Hamid al-Hayali is a man waging a campaign...

Merkel says time pressing for decision on more Iran sanctions

Bloomberg: Chancellor Angela Merkel said a decision on additional...