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  • July 2007

    • US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks

      Washington Post  |  Jul 23, 07 4:43 AM CDT

      US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks

      (Newser) - The US and Iran will hold further talks on Iraq beginning tomorrow—despite new accusations the Iranians are arming and abetting Iraqi insurgents. The talks were announced by Iran's foreign minister yesterday just hours after two men linked to Iran were arrested near Baghdad for smuggling EFPs—the armor-penetrating bombs targeted at US soldiers. More »

    • SEC Shuts Down Online Terror List

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 22, 07 10:42 AM CDT

      SEC Shuts Down Online Terror List

      (Newser) - 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  • Sudan  • SEC  • counterterrorism

    • Jailed Academics Shown on Iranian TV

      Reuters  |  Jul 19, 07 4:30 AM CDT

      Jailed Academics Shown on Iranian TV

      (Newser) - 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

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 07 2:34 PM CDT

      Resurgent Al-Qaeda Poised to Strike US

      (Newser) - 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

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 16, 07 6:15 AM CDT

      Cheney Pushing Bush Toward Military Option On Iran

      (Newser) - 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 »

    • Iran's Jews Snub Israel's Offer of Cash for Emigration

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 13, 07 5:07 PM CDT

      Iran's Jews Snub Israel's Offer of Cash for Emigration

      (Newser) - 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

      Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 07 5:32 PM CDT

      Military Shreds Old Fighter Jets

      (Newser) - 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

      Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Iran ID&rsquo;ed Working With Iraq Militants

      (Newser) - 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  • militant  • Tehran  • Revolutionary Guards  • Karbala

  • June 2007

    • Iran Erupts Over Gas Rationing

      BBC  |  Jun 27, 07 4:49 AM CDT

      Iran Erupts Over Gas Rationing

      (Newser) - 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

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 25, 07 3:54 PM CDT

      US, Iran Split Over Terrorist Group

      (Newser) - 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

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 18, 07 1:05 PM CDT

      Rushdie Honor Sparks Furor

      (Newser) - 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

      New York Times  |  Jun 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT

      G8 Concludes with AIDS Pledge

      (Newser) - 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  • Russia  • Iran  • France  • global warming  • Africa  • carbon emissions  • greenhouse gases  • AIDS  • Kosovo  • G8 summit  • malaria  • Group of Eight  • Tuberculosis  • Bono  • U2

    • UK May Seek Iran's Help on Iraqi Captives

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 1, 07 8:37 AM CDT

      UK May Seek Iran's Help on Iraqi Captives

      (Newser) - 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 »