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  • January 2008

    • Washington Slams Iran Over Ship Threat

      CNN  |  Jan 7, 08 10:54 AM CST

      Washington Slams Iran Over Ship Threat

      (Newser) - Washington is firing diplomatic volleys at Tehran today after five Iranian ships "harassed" three US Navy ships in international waters yesterday, CNN reports. "Such actions are dangerous and could have quickly escalated into something much worse," the Pentagon press secretary said. "We see it as further evidence that Iran is unpredictable and remains a threat." Tehran shrugged off the encounter as "ordinary." More »

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      Iran  • Persian Gulf  • Revolutionary Guards  • Strait of Hormuz

  • October 2007

    • Iran Defiant Over New US Sanctions

      BBC  |  Oct 26, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      Iran Defiant Over New US Sanctions

      (Newser) - New American sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guards provoked a fiery response from Iran today, along with criticism from allies China and Russia. Iran's foreign ministry told the BBC that the sanctions were "contrary to international law, without value and, as in the past, doomed to failure." Vladimir Putin compared the US tactic to "mad people wielding razor blades," the BBC reports. More »

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      Iran  • Condoleezza Rice  • Vladimir Putin  • Revolutionary Guards

    • Iran Looms Large in Campaign

      CNN  |  Oct 26, 07 5:11 AM CDT

      Iran Looms Large in Campaign

      (Newser) - Iran is beginning to dominate the campaign rhetoric of White house hopefuls of both parties as Iraq once did, reports CNN. Tough US sanctions against Tehran and growing indications of some kind of military intervention to halt the development of nuclear weapons are being compared with the steps taken in the run-up to the war with Iraq. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Iraq war  • Iran  • Mitt Romney  • John Edwards  • diplomacy  • nuclear program  • campaign trail  • Christopher Dodd  • Revolutionary Guards  • economic sanctions

    • White House Switches Plans on Iran

      New Yorker  |  Oct 2, 07 7:53 PM CDT

      White House Switches Plans on Iran

      (Newser) - Having failed to convince Americans of an imminent nuclear threat from Iran, the White House “has reconceived” its campaign, writes the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh, targeting Tehran instead as an exporter of terrorism, especially of weapons and insurgents to Iraq. By recasting Iran as an aggressor in Iraq, he writes, the administration is able to cast its obsession with Iran as an effort to save US lives. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • United Kingdom  • White House  • Dick Cheney  • Revolutionary Guards

  • September 2007

    • Arrested Iranian Trained Iraq Terrorists: US

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 20, 07 1:06 PM CDT

      Arrested Iranian Trained Iraq Terrorists: US

      (Newser) - The US military said today it arrested an Iranian who allegedly smuggled bombs for use against US and Iraqi forces, the Los Angeles Times reports. Aghawi Farhadi is also accused of training terrorists for Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Soldiers captured Farhadi in a pre-dawn raid in the northern city of Sulaymaniyah, where he was staying as part of a trade delegation. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • US military  • terrorist  • arrest  • weapon  • Revolutionary Guards  • tanks

  • August 2007

    • 'People's Army' Dominates Iran's Economy

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 26, 07 11:35 AM CDT

      'People's Army' Dominates Iran's Economy

      (Newser) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which the White House is on the cusp of labeling a terrorist organization, is an economic and political behemoth. The well-connected force has ties to more than 100 companies, dominates the construction industry, is in charge of developing Teheran's subway system, and even runs hospitals. The LA Times takes a look. More »

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      Iran  • terrorist  • corruption  • Tehran  • Revolutionary Guards

    • Iran Attacks Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 20, 07 2:39 AM CDT

      Iran Attacks Kurdish Villages in Northern Iraq

      (Newser) - Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which the Bush administration is about to declare a terrorist organization, have been shelling mountain villages in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq for several days. The fighting near the border involves thousands of Guards and guerrillas of the Kurdistan Free Life Party, which is  stepping up its campaign for Kurdish rights against Tehran, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • terrorist  • Kurds  • Kurdistan  • Revolutionary Guards  • guerrilla

    • US to Label Iran's Elite Force Terrorists

      Washington Post  |  Aug 15, 07 6:37 AM CDT

      US to Label Iran's Elite Force Terrorists

      (Newser) - Iran's elite military branch, the Revolutionary Guard, will be officially designated a terrorist organization by the US, the Washington Post reports. The declaration will allow Washington to block assets and disrupt the operations of businesses linked to the unit worldwide. The 125,000-member Guard, a  powerful political force, is increasingly supporting terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, officials say. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Afghanistan  • terrorist  • Lebanon  • sanctions  • Shiite militia  • Revolutionary Guards

  • July 2007

    • Iran ID’ed Working With Iraq Militants

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

      Iran ID’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  • Tehran  • militant  • Revolutionary Guards  • Karbala

  • June 2007

    • 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 »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Great Britain  • kidnapping  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Mahdi Army  • Sadr City  • Revolutionary Guards

  • May 2007

    • Some Mahdis Going Freelance

      Newsweek  |  May 2, 07 1:58 PM CDT

      Some Mahdis Going Freelance

      (Newser) - The Madhi Army is letting loose. Officially locked down by leader Moqtada al-Sadr during the troop surge, renegade Mahdis are unleashing a wave of random violence on once-peaceful areas of central and southern Iraq, Newseek reports. That worries even al-Sadr's commanders, who are now seeking U.S. help to control their wayward acolytes. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • troop surge  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Shiite  • violence  • Mahdi Army  • Revolutionary Guards  • militia

  • March 2007

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