Sunday Times: America's top military officer has ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by issuing an unusual public warning that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action”.
US warns Iran of retaliation over Iraq action
Conservatives claim Iran election win
CNN: Iranian conservatives have said they captured most of the 82 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Friday's runoff election.
U.S. weighing readiness for military action against Iran
Washington Post: The nation's top military officer said yesterday that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action" as one of several options against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government's "increasingly lethal and malign influence" in Iraq.
Iranian arms aid ‘visible’ in Basra
Washington Times: The top U.S. military officer yesterday said Iranian aid to Iraqi insurgents became "very, very visible" during the recent unrest in Basra, in violation of earlier promises to reduce support for terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Joint Chiefs chairman assails Irans role in Iraq
New York Times: The government of Iran continues to supply weapons and other support to extremists in Iraq, despite repeated promises to the contrary, and is increasingly complicit in the death of American soldiers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday in a stark new assessment of Iranian influence.
Iranian conservatives win in run-off
AP: State media has announced that partial results for run-off elections indicate conservatives have consolidated their control of Iran's legislature.
Conservatives lead in Iran’s second-round voting
DPA: The conservatives lead in the second round of Iran's parliamentary elections and are likely to expand their absolute majority in the country's legislative body, state media reported Saturday.
Polling stations quiet in Irans parliamentary runoff election
New York Times: Polls opened in Tehran and other areas of Iran on Friday for runoff elections to fill the 82 seats in the 290-member Parliament in which there was not a clear winner in the first round.
Naval incident raises U.S.-Iran tensions
Wall Street Journal: A U.S.-flagged cargo ship transiting the Persian Gulf fired warning shots after two small, unidentified boats approached the vessel.
Questions linger on scope of Irans threat in Iraq
New York Times: The United States has gathered its most detailed evidence so far of Iranian involvement in training and arming fighters in Iraq, officials say, but significant uncertainties remain about the extent of that involvement and the threat it poses to American and Iraqi forces.
