Iran Focus: London, Jun. 18 Iraqi security forces have arrested an individual in the northern city of Kirkuk for facilitating the travel to and from Iran of insurgents belonging to the al-Mahdi Army, the armed militia of firebrand Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Iraqi forces detain Iran-linked agent in northern city
Coalition kills 20 terrorists smuggling weapons from Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 18 Coalition forces in southern Iraq killed at least 20 terrorists involved in a weapons-smuggling operation from neighbouring Iran on Monday, the U.S.-led military announced.
Coalition kills 20 terrorists smuggling weapons from Iran
Iran Focus: London, Jun. 18 Coalition forces in southern Iraq killed at least 20 terrorists involved in a weapons-smuggling operation from neighbouring Iran on Monday, the U.S.-led military announced.
Iran says studying request for more U.S. talks
Reuters: Iran is studying a request from Baghdad for another round of talks between U.S. and Iranian officials and a decision may take more than two weeks, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday.
Quake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale jolts central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 18 An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted central Iran on Monday, state media reported.
Quake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale jolts central Iran
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 18 An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale jolted central Iran on Monday, state media reported.
Iran curtails freedom in throwback to 1979
Washington Post: Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
Iranian-Americans held for plotting revolution in Tehran
The Guardian: One of four Iranian-born Americans accused in Iran of being part of a criminal conspiracy has said that the charges against her are baseless and brought because she is a journalist reporting politically sensitive issues.
Gulf Arabs won’t be base for attack on Iran: Saudi
Reuters: Gulf Arab countries will not be used as a launch pad for any military attack on Iran, a powerful Saudi royal was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Iran: Putin pulls plans on radar
AP: Iran said Sunday it had received indications from Russia’s president that he would not follow through with an offer to allow the U.S. to use a radar station in neighboring Azerbaijan for missile defense against Tehran.
