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Former Egyptian military chief says foreign Islamic militants are adding to unrest
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Iran
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei described the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia as an “Islamic awakening.” A senior Iranian Army commander said the Egyptian Army should sever ties with President Mubarak. The trial of three Americans arrested on the Iraqi border will begin on Sunday.
Ayman al Zawahiri’s deputy releases statement in support of Egyptian opposition
Thirwat Salah Shehata, a top al Qaeda operative who has long served Ayman al Zawahiri, has released a statement in support of the Egyptian protesters. According to a Saudi publication, Shehata issued the statement from Iran.
China
Execution rate in Iran alarms UN human rights chief
Egypt
Iran sees ‘Islamic awakening’ in Arab world uprisings
Egypt
Egypt tells Iran: mind your own business
Al Qaeda
US intelligence on Arab unrest draws criticism
Iran
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei again linked political upheaval in North Africa to the Iranian Revolution. Tehran is building new storage capacity to hold petroleum reserves.
Maliki: Iran, Syria are arming Iraqi terror groups
In 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Malik accused both Iran and Syria of arming terror groups operating inside Iraq. Now AFP has the story, via the Wikileaks cables: Maliki’s comments to then-US ambassador to Baghdad Christopher Hill came in the midst of a year-long diplomatic row with Damascus that prompted both Iraq and Syria […]
Egypt
Turmoil heartens US foes
Iran
WikiLeaks: UK Treasury ‘slow to act in blocking terrorist finance’
Iran
Israeli official sees cyber alternative to “ugly” war
Iran
A London-based think tank claimed Iran could have nuclear weapon in one or two years. Iraq’s Prime Minister Maliki accused Iran of arming foreign fighters. India announced it will pay for Iranian oil in euros, using an intermediary bank.
Egypt
Egypt revolt has Iran in a spin
WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks: tension in the Middle East and Asia has ‘direct potential’ to lead to nuclear war
Iran
US and EU authorities filed charges against multiple front companies of Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization. A dispute between India and Iran on oil sales continues. Iran and Afghanistan agreed to improve inter-border trading.
Taliban leader, police link Iran to attacks in Afghanistan
Afghan officials said that training camps for the Taliban and al Qaeda are located in the Iranian cities of Zahedan, Birjan, Maibod, and in the Shamsabad area near Tehran.
Iran
The Iranian parliament dismissed President Ahmadinejad’s transportation minister. The Iranian government and the opposition both support Egyptian protesters. Tehran criticized the British defense secretary’s prediction that Iran will have nuclear weapons in the next year.
Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood: the future of Egypt?
Iran
Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2012 – Britain
Iran
Report warns of Iran nuke disaster
Egypt
Everywhere but Iraq?
Egypt
Egypt protests: Cairo prison break prompts fear of fundamentalism
Al Qaeda
Syria strongman: Time for ‘reform’
Iran
Parliament Speaker Larijani blamed recent terrorist attacks in Iran on Israel. The cultural minister pledged to strengthen ties between Iran and Armenia. An American-Israeli group claimed Egypt’s El Baradei is a stooge of the Iranian regime.
Another al Qaeda-linked Taliban commander targeted in Farah
ISAF and Afghan forces continue to target the al Qaeda and Qods Force-linked cells in Farah and Nimroz provinces. Special operations forces captured another Taliban commander in the Afghan west associated with “foreign fighters,” or al Qaeda. From the ISAF press release: Afghan and coalition forces detained a Taliban leader along with two suspected insurgents […]
Iran
The Netherlands suspended ties with Iran after a Dutch citizen was executed by Iranian officials. The defense minister said Iran is developing new missiles and satellites, while President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would put a man in space by 2021.
Algeria
Comment: Recent unrest in Arab world is not about us
Iran
Ayatolah Khatami said the political unrest in Egypt and the Middle East is “inspired by Iran’s Islamic revolution.” Iran hanged a Dutch-Iranian woman after accusing her of smuggling.
Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and revolution
“I herewith proclaim to those (Western leaders) who still do not want to see the realities that the political axis of the new Middle East will soon be Islamic rulership and a democracy based on religion,” senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said on Friday during public prayers in Tehran. “All these protests in Egypt, […]