A leaked threat assessment prepared at Guantanamo describes one current detainee and his father as “Iranian agents.” The detainee, Haji Hamidullah, allegedly “murdered 71 people.” The leaked file connects several others to Iran, including two members of Hamid Karzai’s government.
Israeli leader sees rising Arab threat
US speeds up direct talks with Taliban
Five US senators are concerned that Daqduq will be tried in a US federal court, and not at a military commission.
Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior Hezbollah commander tasked to train and organize the Shia terror groups in Iraq, was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of US soldiers in Karbala in 2007. Justice wants to try him in the US.
Supreme Leader Khameni and President Ahmadinejad have been feuding over the dismissal of the intelligence minister. The UN said Iran is partnering with North Korea to build nuclear missiles. The government executed 25 people in the past week.
Iran President Ahmadinejad dismisses criticism of appointments, feuds with Khamenei
Arab protesters descend on Israeli borders
US presses nuclear case against Damascus
Many fear revival of Islamist party in Tunisia
In Iraq, an internal Shiite battle may be key to US troop extension
Russia has sent the nuclear fuel needed to start the Bushehr plant. The trial of three American hikers, two of whom are still in Iranian custody, has been postponed.
Iran’s push for regional domination gets Arab Spring boost
“If the US military and the intelligence apparatus arrested and killed Bin Laden, why didn’t they show the body?” asked Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi.
Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi claimed Osama bin Laden died years ago from an undisclosed sickness. “If the US military and the intelligence apparatus arrested and killed Bin Laden, why didn’t they show the body? Why did they throw it in the sea?”
Egypt’s new foreign policy tests old alliances
Iran helping Syrian regime crack down on protesters, say diplomats
Power struggle in Iran enters the nosque
The Iranian foreign minister blamed unrest in Syria on a US plots to destabilize the country. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps received two no-bid contracts to develop natural gas in the Pars fields.
Islamic world quiet as bin Laden age closes
US legislators proposed adding a human rights component to Western-backed sanctions against Iran. Iran claimed that GCC complaints over its “interference” in Bahrain are “baseless”. The lawyer for two imprisoned US hikers is hopeful for verdict in the next week.
Report highlights alleged Iran force’s Al-Qaeda links
The minister of Mines and Industries said Western-backed sanctions against Iran are ineffective. Iranian wheat consumption is expected to drop with the cutting of farm subsidies. Iran pressed Syria over a missing Al Jazeera journalist.
Hiding bin Laden: Finger of suspicion at ISI
Hackers group says it will target Iran on Sunday
In shift, Egypt warms to Iran and Hamas, Israel’s foes
Senior Iranian clergy warned President Ahmadinejad not to overestimate his power. Turkey rejected US and EU sanctions on doing business with Iran’s Bank Mellat.
Explosion exposes Egypt-Israel rift
Surprise Palestinian unity deal challenges Israel
Karzai told to dump US