Iran Focus: Baghdad, Feb. 14 An agent from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security was caught carrying dozens of fake passports in the central Iraqi city of Al-Amara.
The Iranian agent was arrest along with a Saudi national who was also in possession of counterfeit passports.
Iran intelligence agent arrested in Iraq with fake passports
Iran intelligence agent arrested in Iraq with fake passports
Iran Focus: Baghdad, Feb. 14 An agent from Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security was caught carrying dozens of fake passports in the central Iraqi city of Al-Amara.
The Iranian agent was arrest along with a Saudi national who was also in possession of counterfeit passports.
Fatal fire in Iran mosque claims 35 lives
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 14 At least 35 people were killed and 200 more left injured after a fire blaze broke out in a mosque in central Tehran, state-run television reported.
Fatal fire in Iran mosque claims 35 lives
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 14 At least 35 people were killed and 200 more left injured after a fire blaze broke out in a mosque in central Tehran, state-run television reported.
Iraq Winners Allied With Iran Are the Opposite of U.S. Vision
Washington Post: When the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq two years ago, it envisioned a quick handover to handpicked allies in a secular government that would be the antithesis of Iran’s theocracy — potentially even a foil to Tehran’s regional ambitions. But, in one of the greatest ironies of the U.S. intervention, Iraqis instead went to the polls and elected a government with a strong religious base — and very close ties to the Islamic republic next door.
Shia victory is blow to US line on Iran’s N-arms
Financial Times: The victory by Shia clerics in Iraq’s elections
is likely to complicate US efforts to press Iran to dismantle its nuclear programme.
The United Iraqi Alliance is dominated by two political parties formerly based in Iran, and many members of the bloc still have close ties with their Shia neighbour.
Iran policy group outlines new approach in dealing with Tehran
Iran Focus: Washington, Feb. 13 In a conference on Thursday, coinciding with the 26th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the Shah, a leading Iran-policy group in Washington discussed U.S. policy options towards the clerical state. The Iran Policy Committee, comprised of former officials from the White House, State Department, Pentagon, …
Iran policy group outlines new approach in dealing with Tehran
Iran Focus: Washington, Feb. 13 In a conference on Thursday, coinciding with the 26th anniversary of the revolution that toppled the Shah, a leading Iran-policy group in Washington discussed U.S. policy options towards the clerical state. The Iran Policy Committee, comprised of former officials from the White House, State Department, Pentagon, …
Iran threatens to resume uranium enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 13 Iran will resume enriching uranium as part of its suspected nuclear weapons program’s once ordered to do so by the Majlis (parliament), according to a senior official from Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation (IAEO). Mohammad Saeedi, the IAEO’s deputy head of International Affairs and Planning, said that parliament will present a bill to “task Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation with meeting part of
the fuel (demand) for the country’s atomic plants”.
Iran threatens to resume uranium enrichment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 13 Iran will resume enriching uranium as part of its suspected nuclear weapons program’s once ordered to do so by the Majlis (parliament), according to a senior official from Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation (IAEO). Mohammad Saeedi, the IAEO’s deputy head of International Affairs and Planning, said that parliament will present a bill to “task Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation with meeting part of
the fuel (demand) for the country’s atomic plants”.
