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Tag Archives: Iran
Iran
Tehran has expanded its economic influence in Iraq. The Israeli military is developing plans to respond to a nuclear-armed Iran.
Al Qaeda
Afghan warlords prepare to rearm as Taliban arrive for peace talks in Kabul
Iran
Iran restricts social sciences seen as ‘Western’
Iran
Feda Hussein Maliki, Iran’s ambassador to Afghanistan, has passed along millions of dollars in bribes to Umar Daudzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai™s chief of staff, in an effort “to advance Iranian interests.” Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei lauded the Basij for “defusing complex enemy plots during the post-vote unrest.”
Iran
Iran, trying to skirt sanctions, attempts to set up banks worldwide
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Mix of trust and despair helped turn tide in Iraq
Iran
Document says Iranians crossed border to arrest hikers
Afghanistan
Iran said to give top Karzai aide cash by bagful
Suicide assault team storms UN compound in western Afghanistan
Afghan police and security guards defeated the attack after three members of the Taliban team were able to enter the compound.
Iran
Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said UN sanctions are dead. The Iranian representative to the UN urged all nations to disarm their nuclear weapons. Security forces detained four Jundallah members involved in the July mosque bombing in Zahedan.
Iran
Demand for Iranian crude oil increased despite sanctions. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez traveled to Iran and Syria, and won Russian support for Venezuela’s planned nuclear program. An Iranian-American imprisoned in Iran for more than two years returned to California.
United States
Iraq’s Kurds emerge as kingmakers as Iran tries to flex its muscle
Iraq
Iraqi leaders not following US advice on gov’t
Iran
President Ahmadinejad and Argentinian President Hugo Chavez vowed to form a “new world order.” Turkey’s deputy prime minister said Iran sanctions will not serve to further negotiations.
Iran
Iran, Venezuela leaders seek ‘new world order’
Hezbollah
Hezbollah riding on a wave of confidence
Iran
Tehran complained that the jet fuel ban on Iranian aircraft in Western airports is illegal. The two remaining US hikers jailed in Iran will be tried for spying. The IAEA announced that Tehran has enriched 30 kg of uranium to 20 percent.
Iran
Iran’s top leader seeks to end rifts with clerics
Iran
Iran: Authorities ‘ban Friday prayers at Sunni mosques’
United States
US fears Chinese companies are breaking Iran sanctions
Al Qaeda
The fate of 11 aspiring jihadists from Germany
Europe
Pakistan feels US has let it down
Iran
Iran sends delegate to meeting on Afghanistan
Iran
Tehran sent a delegate to the international meeting on Afghanistan in Rome. Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki travelled to Tehran for a meeting with the government. The US asked the Chinese government to prevent firms from aiding Iranian nuclear and missile development.
Iran sends another dangerous Shia terror commander back to Iraq
Abu Mustafa al Sheibani, the commander of the notorious Sheibani Network, returned to Iraq over the summer. Sheibani is one of the most capable assets of Iran’s Qods Force inside Iraq.
Iraq
Iraq’s Allawi charges Iran destabilizing Mideast
Iran
Iran brokers behind-the-scenes deal for pro-Tehran government in Iraq
Iran
“Iran is trying to wreak havoc on the region and trying to destabilize the region by destabilizing Iraq and destabilizing Lebanon and destabilizing the Palestinian issue,” former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said. Iran warned the media not to publish news about the political opposition to the current regime.
Iran
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said talks over Iran’s nuclear program are likely to begin in November. Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said two US hikers should be tried for spying. A top IRGC official said the West is attempting to sow divisions between Sunni and Shia Muslims.