BAGHDAD (AFP) — US and British forces on Saturday clashed with Moqtada Sadr’s supporters in Baghdad and Basra, even as Iraq’s politicians cautiously welcomed the radical Shiite cleric’s return to the political scene.
Read More »Iran probably 3-8 years off nuclear bomb — IAEA
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) — Iran is probably three to eight years away from producing a nuclear bomb if it so chooses, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog warned on Thursday.
Read More »Analysts say US sanctions affecting Iran’s economy
DUBAI (AP) — US sanctions against Iran have caused damage to the country’s economy, Iranian business leaders and analysts say, even as the UN Security Council prepares to consider additional measures to force Iran to curb its nuclear programme.
Read More »US launches show of force off Iran’s coast
DUBAI (AP) — Ships packed with 17,000 sailors and US marines moved into the Persian Gulf Wednesday as the US navy staged another show of military force off Iran’s coast — just days before the US start of direct talks with Iran in Baghdad.
Read More »Nine US warships enter Gulf in show of force
Nine US warships carrying 17,000 personnel entered the Gulf on Wednesday in a show of force off Iran’s coast that navy officials said was the largest daytime assembly of ships since the 2003 Iraq war.
Read More »IAEA report likely to reveal Iran atomic advances
VIENNA (Reuters) — Atomic inspectors are expected to report today that Iran has not only ignored an imminent UN deadline to stop enriching uranium but markedly expanded the programme, exposing Tehran to broader sanctions.
Read More »Top Iraqi Shiite leader in Iran for medical tests
TEHRAN (AFP) — One of Iraq’s most powerful Shiite leaders, Abdel Aziz Hakim, said on Monday he was in Iran for medical tests on a “swelling” after undergoing similar treatment in the United States.
Read More »Mottaki says Iran to lecture US on war mistakes
SOUTHERN SHUNEH (AP) — Iran plans to lecture the United States during an upcoming meeting in Baghdad on what it said were mistakes that Washington made in its war on Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday.
Read More »Iran waiting for Cairo’s reply to normalize relations with Egypt
Teheran- Iran was determined to normalize ties with Egypt and was just waiting for Cairo’s reply to do so, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday. Mottaki told ILNA news agency that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had already voiced Iran’s willingness to normalize ties but Tehran was waiting for an official …
Read More »Cheney talks with Egypt on Iraq, Iran
WASHINGTON, May — U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday toward the end of a regional tour, focusing on ways to stem chaos in Iraq and on Iran’s impact on security in the Gulf.
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