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Iran says 3 Americans arrested for illegal entry
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Shiite group agrees to renounce violence in Iraq
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US seeks to protect Iran terror group [MEK]
Iraqi troops detain deputy leader of Ansar al Islam
Fakri Hadi Gari, the group’s deputy emir, and the financial emir were captured by Iraqi forces in Mosul.
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Britain sparks row by sending senior diplomat to Ahmadinejad ceremony
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Iran is ready to build an N-bomb – it is just waiting for the Ayatollah’s order
Hezbollah
Report: Iran plane was carrying arms for Hezbollah
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Khatami condemns Iran’s show trial of reformists
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Iran begins trial of postelection protesters
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Iranian state television confirmed that security forces detained three Americans who crossed the border from Iraq. The Americans were hiking in northern Iraq when they crossed the border. The US State Department has not confirmed the detentions.
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Iranian president denies rift with supreme leader
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Iran’s Ahmadinejad warns rivals their plans will fail
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Border security forces reportedly surrounded and arrested three Americans who accidentally crossed the border from Iraq into Iran while hiking near the town of Ahmed Awaa near Halabja. US troops are said to have deployed to the border to search for the Americans.
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Police broke up a group of 300 Iranians mourning the death of Neda Agha-Soltan at her burial site. Defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi was forced to leave the memorial. Seventy-one US senators have co-sponsored a bill that calls for sanctions that would target Iran’s refined petroleum imports because Iran continues to pursue its nuclear program.
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The other Iraq war: In Kurdish Iraq, hostilities simmering with Iran, Turkey
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Iraqi raid leaves Iranian opposition group’s future unclear
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Iran & Iraq: Two British hostages in Iraq ‘likely to be dead’
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Prominent Iranian reformer set to be freed
Hezbollah
Iran hurts Hezbollah but not at home
Iran and the Taliban, allies against America
The testimony of a Guantanamo detainee confirms that cooperation between Iran and the Taliban began prior to the September 11 attacks. The one-time enemies came together to fight their common foe: America.
US released senior Iranian Qods Force commander
Mahmud Farhadi was one of the five Iranians released on July 9. He led one of the three regional commands under the Qods Force’s Ramazan Corps, the unit assigned to strike at US, Coalition, and Iraqi forces.
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Revolutionary Guard tightens hold in Iran crisis
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President Ahmadinejad fired Intelligence Minister Ejeie. Ahmadinejad appointed Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie as his chief of staff after Supreme Leader Khatamei blocked his appointment as vice president. Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Harandi resigned from office “due to the recent events which shows the esteemed government’s weakness.”
Iraq
Iraq neighbors undermining border fight: minister
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Iran accused of ‘Zionist’ tactics
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Government hardliners pressured for President Ahmadinejad to dismiss his top deputy. Iranian security forces disbanded a PJAK cell in Orumieh. The Iraqi trade delegation arrived in Iran for a three-day business tour.
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Mousavi continued to call for legal action to resolve the June 12 election dispute. Mousavi’s wife claimed that her brother was arrested in the election crackdown as a means of coercion. President Ahmadinejad’s cabinet quarreled over his pick for vice president. The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned western sanctions on its civilian aircraft, arguing that the […]
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Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qashqavi condemned attacks on Iranian citizens in Iraq. Clerics led by former president Khatami claimed that Iranians are losing confidence in their government. Secretary of State Clinton announced a potential “defense umbrella” over the Persia Gulf states to deter Iran. Former ambassador Crocker said that three Qods Force members detained by the […]
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Iran: ‘More arrests after fresh anti-government protests’
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Will Iran™s security forces split?