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
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.
U.S. looks to sanctions on Iran’s Quds force
Reuters: The Bush administration is looking at slapping sanctions on a unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps but has decided against naming the entire body a terrorist group, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
Iran linked to Iraq rocket attack
ABC News: U.S. military officials in Iraq tell ABC News that a rocket used in an attack on coalition headquarters at Camp Victory Tuesday was made in Iran. Officials say the rocket, which narrowly missed its target, was fired from an area of Baghdad controlled by Shia militia leader Moqtada al Sadr.
