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Iran executes three Arabs

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 – Three men were executed in a prison in the restive city of Ahwaz, south-western Iran, the government-owned news agency Fars reported on Wednesday.

Why accuse Iran of meddling now? U.S. officials explain

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New York Times: One of the questions posed by skeptics about the Bush administration assertions about Iran’s meddling in Iraq is why the charges are coming to light only now, when American officials say the shipment of lethal weapons from Iran to Shiite militias was first detected several years ago.

Clinton warns Bush about action in Iran

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AP: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton warned President Bush on Wednesday not to take any military action against Iran without getting congressional approval first.

Iraq adviser: Al-Sadr in Iran

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AP: An adviser to Iraq’s prime minister said Thursday that radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is in Iran, but denied he fled due to fear of arrest during an escalating security crackdown.

Four ways to act against Ahmadinejad

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Daily Telegraph: Diplomatic pressure should be targeted at isolating the president of Iran before further, fateful steps are contemplated, we argued in our leader columns this week. Quite right. But what prospect is there of using the courts to undermine Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Iraq shuts borders with Iran, Syria

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Reuters: Iraq has closed its borders with Iran and Syria as part of a security crackdown aimed at stopping foreign fighters and weapons entering the country, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.

Full text of Bush’s press conference

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Iran Focus: London, Feb. 15 – The following is the full transcript of a press conference by United States President George W. Bush at the White House. Bush accused Iran on Wednesday of providing deadly improvised explosive devises, or IEDs, to networks inside Iraq.

Full text of Bush’s press conference

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Iran Focus: London, Feb. 15 – The following is the full transcript of a press conference by United States President George W. Bush at the White House. Bush accused Iran on Wednesday of providing deadly improvised explosive devises, or IEDs, to networks inside Iraq.

Iran says 11 Revolutionary Guardsmen killed in SE bombing

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 – At least 11 members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in a bombing in the restive south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, state media reported on Wednesday, revising an earlier death toll of 18.

Iran says 11 Revolutionary Guardsmen killed in SE bombing

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 15 – At least 11 members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) were killed in a bombing in the restive south-eastern province of Sistan-va-Baluchistan, state media reported on Wednesday, revising an earlier death toll of 18.