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Iraqi government admits to holding seven Iranian dissidents hostage

Digital Journal: Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights acknowledged that the Iraqi government had indeed detained seven members of the People's Mujahedin Organization...

White House pushes back on Putin’s op-ed on Syria

AP: The White House pushed back Thursday against Russian President Vladimir Putin for his opinion piece in The New York Times that blamed...

Iranian exiles leave disputed Camp Ashraf in Iraq

AP: The remaining 42 residents of an Iranian dissident camp that was the scene of a disputed outbreak of violence last week left...

Obama ally in Congress grapples with Syria plan

AP: U.S. Rep. Adam Smith is a leader on military issues in a comfortably Democratic district - a perfect ally to build support...

Iran’s Khamenei hopeful new U.S. policy on Syria is ‘serious’

Reuters: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday he hoped that a U.S. promise to pursue diplomacy to remove the ...

Obama grabs a Russian lifeline on Syria

AFP: After a passage of wild Syria diplomacy, President Barack Obama was Tuesday sizing up a political lifeline offered by the most unusual...

Iranian exiles say 7 members held by Baghdad

AP: An Iranian dissident group whose camp in Iraq was the scene of a disputed outbreak of violence last week claimed Tuesday that...

Obama makes case for Syria strikes to skeptical public

Bloomberg: President Barack Obama intensified his campaign to persuade a reluctant American public to back military action against Syria as Bashar al-Assad ...

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Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

In the biting cold of mid-January 2026, the air in Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Square was thick with the scent of...

Escalating Executions in Iran Put EU Policy Under Scrutiny

A conference held at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 22, 2026, brought renewed attention to the escalating...

U.S. Sanctions Tehran’s Drone and Missile Networks

As part of its ongoing maximum pressure policy, the United States imposed new sanctions targeting supply networks linked to...

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Execution of PMOI Members Hamed Validi and Nima Shahi in Tehran

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Iran: How Pahlavi’s Name Stole the January 2026 Uprising

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