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July 2007
- SEC Shuts Down Online Terror List
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jul 22, 07 10:42 AM CDT
  
  The SEC is taking down an online list used to expose companies that do business with countries affiliated with terrorism after critics charged that the Web tool made false accusations and wasn't up to date. "It was basically a word-search list," a US official tells the Wall Street Journal. "There was nothing the least bit sophisticated about it." More »
  
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  list • Iran • terrorism • SEC • Sudan • counterterrorism
- Jailed Academics Shown on Iranian TV
  
  newser | Reuters | Jul 19, 07 4:30 AM CDT
  
  Iranian national TV aired interviews with two American-Iranians being held in Iran's notorious Evin prison under suspicion of being involved in a US-backed plot to stage a revolution. The show, entitled "In the Name of Democracy," juxtaposed the interviews with footage of other popular uprisings—implying that the US has similar plans for Iran. More »
  
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  Iran • Haleh Esfandiari • Kian Tajbakhsh
- Resurgent Al-Qaeda Poised to Strike US
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 17, 07 2:34 PM CDT
  
  Al-Qaeda’s mounting presence in Iraq may lead to an attack on US soil within the next three years, a new intelligence report finds. The group’s Iraqi affiliate is building resources, animating Sunni extremists, and recruiting new members. The document also says that Hezbollah and non-Muslim radical groups pose a threat. More »
  
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  Iraq war • Pakistan • Iran • Taliban • Hezbollah • Sunni extremism
- Cheney Pushing Bush Toward Military Option On Iran
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 16, 07 6:15 AM CDT
  
  Dick Cheney is winning a West Wing power struggle, pushing the president toward the threat of military action against Iran, the Guardian reports. After an internal review over the last month, Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates favor continued diplomacy, but are said to be losing the argument. "Bush is not going to leave office with Iran in limbo," a Washington source tells the paper. More »
  
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  Iran • Condoleezza Rice • Dick Cheney • nuclear program • International Atomic Energy Agency • Natanz
- Iran's Jews Snub Israel's Offer of Cash for Emigration
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jul 13, 07 5:07 PM CDT
  
  Iran's Jews collectively rebuffed a $10K-per-person cash offer from Israel seeking their emigration, extended by a group of wealthy expats. "The identity of Iranian Jews is not tradable for any amount of money," says the spokesman for the country's Jews. More »
  
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  Iran • Israel • Jews • snub • emigration
- Military Shreds Old Fighter Jets
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 2, 07 5:32 PM CDT
  
  The US military is paying a contractor to destroy its retired fleet of F-14 fighter jets, after evidence surfaced that Iran had been acquiring the old parts and was intending to rebuild the planes, reports the AP. “There were things getting to the bad guys,” the contractor says. In the 1970s, Iran--then an ally--bought the jets from the US. More »
  
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  Iran • US military • Pentagon • plane • fighter jet
- Iran ID’ed Working With Iraq Militants
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 2, 07 8:00 AM CDT
  
  The US military has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of aiding Iraqi militants in a devastating January attack and of using Hezbollah as a go-between to arm violent Shiites in that country. In March coalition forces arrested a Hezbollah operative suspected of liaising between Iran and a group led by a former Moqtada al-Sadr deputy, the AP reports. More »
  
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  Iraq war • Iran • Muqtada al-Sadr • Shiite • Hezbollah • Tehran • militant • Revolutionary Guards • Karbala
June 2007
- Iran Erupts Over Gas Rationing
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 27, 07 4:49 AM CDT
  
  Angry Iranians torched Tehran gas stations yesterday and smashed windows as protests against gas rationing turned violent, the BBC reports. Motorists formed huge lines to fill tanks before new laws took effect limiting Iranians to 26 gallons of gas a month. Despite its oil reserves, Iran is short of refining capacity and must import 40% of its fuel. More »
  
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  Iran • oil • protests • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • gas • embargo • rationing
- US, Iran Split Over Terrorist Group
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 25, 07 3:54 PM CDT
  
  As the US and Iran inch toward the table, a sticky wicket could be the US relationship with the Mujahedin e-Khalq, a paramilitary group that militantly opposes the Tehran government. The US, meanwhile, shelters the MEK in a base on the Iraq-Iran border that has become the organization's operations center. More »
  
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  Iran • United States • terrorist • intelligence
- Rushdie Honor Sparks Furor
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jun 18, 07 1:05 PM CDT
  
  Pakistan wants Britain to revoke Salman Rushdie's just-granted knighthood—and the UK should prepare for suicide attacks if it doesn't, a Pakistani cabinet minister said today. "If someone exploded a bomb on his body he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the 'sir' title," the minister of religious affairs told Pakistan’s parliament. More »
  
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  Pakistan • Iran • Great Britain • protests • suicide bombing • Queen Elizabeth II • Salman Rushdie • knighthood • Satanic Verses • fatwas
- G8 Concludes with AIDS Pledge
  
  newser | New York Times | Jun 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT
  
  Global leaders renewed their vow to spend $60 billion to help fight AIDS, TB, and malaria in Africa today as the G8 summit wrapped up. But they set no deadlines for delivering the relief, leading critics to question the pledge. "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation," U2 frontman Bono told the New York Times. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iran • France • Russia • global warming • Africa • carbon emissions • greenhouse gases • Kosovo • AIDS • G8 summit • malaria • Group of Eight • Tuberculosis • Bono
- UK May Seek Iran's Help on Iraqi Captives
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | Jun 1, 07 8:37 AM CDT
  
  Britain may ask Iran for help in finding the five British hostages kidnapped in Iraq. Senior Iraqi officials think a rogue faction of the Mahdi Army—possibly under the influence of Iranian intelligence —is responsible for the kidnappings. British sources tell the Guardian they believe the kidnapping was not ordered by Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Great Britain • kidnapping • Muqtada al-Sadr • Mahdi Army • Sadr City • Revolutionary Guards
May 2007
- Iran Won't Budge on Uranium
  
  newser | Reuters | May 30, 07 11:51 AM CDT
  
  Iran won't stop enriching uranium, its chief nuclear negotiator said today, hours before scheduled talks with the EU. Tomorrow's meeting will focus on Iran's nuclear program, seen as an increasing threat after recent inspections indicated the country is moving closer to nuclear capability. Monday's US-Iran negotiations on Iraq have no bearing on tomorrow's sit-down, Ali Larijani says. More »
  
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  Iran • European Union • nuclear program • uranium • sanctions • nuclear • uranium enrichment • Ali Larijani • Javier Solana
- U.S. Tells Iran to Stop Supporting Iraqi Insurgents
  
  newser | CNN | May 28, 07 12:39 PM CDT
  
  Ryan Crocker, US ambassador to Iraq, used the first formal meeting between the two countries in 27 years to tell his counterpart that the US wants Iran to stop supporting insurgents in Iraq. In a press conference after the meeting in Baghdad, Crocker said the Iranian ambassador did not respond directly to the charges he laid out. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • insurgents • Ryan Crocker • security
- US-Iran Talks First Since 1979
  
  newser | BBC | May 28, 07 6:15 AM CDT
  
  Ambassadors for the US and Iran met for four hours today in Baghdad, in the first bilateral talks between the countries in decades. The US's Ryan Crocker was expected to press claims that Iran is providing training and weapons to Iraqi insurgents, and his counterpart Hassan Kazemi Qomi to raise accusations of US espionage. More »
  
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  Iran • United States • Ryan Crocker • espionage • 1980 hostage crisis
- Interest Rate Cut Triggers Panic in Iran
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 25, 07 2:05 PM CDT
  
  Iran's erratic president has set off a stock market scare by ordering banks to slash interest rates, despite high inflation and lots of expert advice to the contrary. The move sparked panicked selling and fears of a full-blown financial crisis, the Guardian reports. The new decreed rate is 12%, down from 14% at state banks and 17% to 28% at private ones. More »
  
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  Iran • US economy • stock market • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • interest rate • finance • bank • interest rate cut
- Bush Urges Stiffer Sanctions on Iran
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 24, 07 5:26 PM CDT
  
  President Bush called for tougher sanctions against Iran today, a day after a new report showed the country is continuing its nuclear enrichment programs. Bush vowed to form a multinational bloc with Russia, China, and European allies to pressure Iran into ceasing its nuclear aspirations, reports the Washington Post . More »
  
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  China • Iran • Russia • Europe • nuclear weapons • sanctions • nuclear proliferation • IAEA • International Atomic Energy Agency
- CIA Op Aims to Destabilize Iran
  
  newser | ABC News | May 23, 07 5:00 AM CDT
  
  President Bush has secretly approved a CIA "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, ABC reports. Sources tell ABC the covert mission deploys propaganda, misinformation, and financial manipulation. A retired senior CIA official says economic pressure may be the most effective means to curb Iran's nuclear buildup. More »
  
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  Iran • CIA • propaganda • manipulation • Iran Contra
- Iran Charges American Scholar
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 22, 07 11:20 AM CDT
  
  The Iranian government has charged an Iranian-American scholar already in custody in Tehran with working for "the soft-toppling of the country." Haleh Esfandiari, 67, was arrested May 8 after being under house arrest since January. The accusations come just days before American and Iranian diplomats are to meet in Baghdad for talks about the Iraq war. More »
  
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  Iraq war • Iran • Middle East • CIA • Islam • Haleh Esfandiari • scholar
- Iran Said to Be Plotting Iraq Offensive
  
  newser | Guardian (UK) | May 22, 07 8:19 AM CDT
  
  Iran is secretly allying with al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgents to launch a major summer offensive against the US in Iraq, reports the Guardian . The goal is to trigger a political mutiny in Congress to force a withdrawal of US troops. Iran had previously been linked to Shia militias but had not collaborated with Sunnis. More »
  
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  Iran • Congress • al-Qaeda • insurgents • Sunni

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