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President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is at the forefront of Islamic Revolution and is guarding its values stronger, more determined and more cohesive than ever.
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Reports Iranian arms reaching Taliban worry U.S.
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States is concerned over reports that Iranian-made weapons are crossing the Afghan border and reaching Islamist Taliban insurgents, a top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday.iran supported Afghan groups fighting the Taliban in the 1990s and played a crucial role in helping to topple the Taliban’s …
Read More »US general grilled over Bush’s Iraq strategy
The top US commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, faced a tough challenge on Tuesday from both Republicans sceptical about war strategy and Democrats who want a swifter withdrawal of American troops.
Read More »S. Arabia says visit by Syrian FM cancelled
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem called off a visit planned for Tuesday to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the first since a public row between the two countries, a Saudi official said.
Read More »Wife of Islamist leader insists he is dead
The wife of Fateh Al Islam chief Shaker Abssi has insisted that her husband is dead and that a body she viewed at a morgue was his, despite DNA tests that have proved otherwise.
Read More »Turkish police foil bomb attack in capital
Turkish police foiled a bomb attack in Ankara on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of 9/11 attacks on the United States, averting what officials said would have been a disaster for the capital.
Read More »Israel prepares response to rocket attack on military camp
THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT came under increasing pressure Tuesday to respond harshly to rocket fire from the Gaza Strip after an overnight barrage wounded dozens of soldiers as they slept in their tents at an Israeli army base.
Read More »Iran Blasts US, Britain, Israel for Inciting Terrorist Groups
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi took the United States, Britain and Israel responsible for repeated terrorist operations in eastern Iran during the last few months.
Read More »Iran Seeks to Support Iraqi Gov’t through Talks with US
Iranian government spokesman here Tuesday said his county participated in talks with the US in a bid to support the Iraqi government, and stressed that Tehran would continue aids and assistance with the Iraqi government until the achievement of final results.
Read More »FM Due in Moscow Tuesday Night
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to leave Tehran for Moscow Tuesday night.
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