Reuters: The State Department’s Iraq coordinator said on Thursday that Washington is studying how to push back against Iran over its atomic program and its actions in Iraq, but dismissed talk of military action as nonsense.
U.S. says talk of strike against Iran is nonsense
West puts Iran in dock at U.N. rights forum
Reuters: Western countries on Thursday voiced concern at the rising number of executions in Iran as well as the “treatment of women as second class citizens” there.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 14 Iranian authorities have stepped up arrests of young people in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, as part of a nationwide plan to eradicate corruption.
Crackdown near Iran capital photos 2
Iran Focus: Tehran, Sep. 14 Iranian authorities have stepped up arrests of young people in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, as part of a nationwide plan to eradicate corruption.
Iraqi opposition doubts U.S. reports on surge
Washington Times: Leading Iraqi opposition lawmakers yesterday cast doubts of the results of the U.S. military surge and said Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has to make fundamental security and political shifts if his embattled government is to survive.
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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 13 Iranian authorities have stepped up arrests of young people in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, as part of a nationwide plan to eradicate corruption.
Crackdown near Iran capital photos 1
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 13 Iranian authorities have stepped up arrests of young people in the city of Karaj, west of the capital Tehran, as part of a nationwide plan to eradicate corruption.
China welcomes Iran-IAEA nuclear plan
Reuters: China welcomed Iran’s nuclear transparency deal with U.N. inspectors on Thursday, despite Western fears that it could be a recipe for delay.
Shelling near Iranian border is forcing Iraqi Kurds to flee
Washington Post: They have made camp below the mountainsides that smolder and smoke in the thin alpine air. They live in caves now, or old tents, or under goat-hair tarps, and sleep on woven rugs over a bed of stones. Their villages are empty of all but ducks and chickens, because the villagers will not hike back until they can no longer hear the sounds.
Rice says U.S. needs to keep Iraq safe from Iran
Reuters: The United States wants to ensure Iraq’s territorial integrity, including from “very troublesome neighbors” like Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday.
