An alarming series of arrests by the FBI alerted everyone wondering how far the arms of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its subordinate Quds Force can extend.
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12 June
London: Iranians Rally Enters the 10th Week
NCRI – A large number of Iranians gathered on Thursday outside the British Parliament calling on the government of Tony Blair to respect the democratic rights of the main Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI).
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12 June
More Iranian Regime’s Agents Arrested in Iraq
NCRI – Coalition forces in Iraq announced they had arrested 16 terrorists tied to Iranian regime’s Intelligence Ministry who smuggled bombs and Explosively Formed Penetrators (E.F.P) from Iran to Iraq. These terrorists were arrested on Thursday in Sadr city near Baghdad.
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12 June
UN nuclear watchdog meets on Iranian crisis
VIENNA (AFP) – A meeting opening in Vienna Monday of the UN nuclear agency could bring Iran one step closer to a third round of sanctions against its nuclear programme.
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12 June
Iran’s liberal press tiptoes between ‘red lines’
TEHRAN — Mohammad Quchani has worked for 11 newspapers that were closed by the Iranian authorities and most never reopened. So he won’t predict how long the daily which he launched last month as editor will survive.
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12 June
Bush urges release of Bulgarian nurses in Libya
SOFIA (Reuters) — President George W. Bush said on Monday it was a high priority for the United States to win the release of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV.
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12 June
US said to be planning long-term presence in Iraq
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The White House Sunday backed an eventual withdrawal of most US troops from Iraq after a report said detailed plans are afoot to retain a smaller military presence in the war-torn country for years.
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12 June
Police prevent Egyptians from voting, man killed in clashes
CAIRO (AP) — Elections for Egypt’s upper chamber of parliament turned violent Monday as one man was killed in clashes between ruling party supporters and independents outside a polling station in the northern Nile Delta region, police and state television reported.
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12 June
11 dead as Hamas-Fateh truce collapses in Gaza factional violence
GAZA CITY (AFP) — Renewed Palestinian factional fighting killed 11 people on Monday in Gaza, where gunmen fired on government offices forcing ministers to interrupt a Cabinet meeting.
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12 June
US toll tops 3,500, UK’s Brown visits Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) — US troop losses in Iraq topped 3,500 after a bridge bombing near Baghdad on Monday, as Britain’s visiting future prime minister rejected domestic calls for a probe into the war’s failings.
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