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Ayatollah Won't Overturn
Ahmadinejad's Victory

Jun 13, 2009 12:03 PM CDT

Ayatollah Won't Overturn Ahmadinejad's Victory

(Newser) - This might seal it: Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi’s request to overturn the results of the presidential election, the Guardian reports. Khamenei, perhaps dashing Mousavi's only chance to upend an outcome the challenger claims was rigged, called Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s win a “...

Petraeus: Iran Behind
Green Zone Attack

Mar 24, 2008 4:37 PM CDT

Petraeus: Iran Behind Green Zone Attack

General: Tehran equipped and trained Iraqi insurgents

(Newser) - Gen. David Petraeus says Iran was behind yesterday's mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, the BBC reports. Tehran trained, equipped, and funded the insurgents who carried out the attack, he said. "All of this in complete violation of promises made by President Ahmadinejad and the other most senior Iranian...

Boat Face-Off Reveals Iran Tactics: US

Jan 12, 2008 5:05 PM CST

Boat Face-Off Reveals Iran Tactics: US

Navy also reveals two December incidents, where shots were fired

(Newser) - Objects tossed from Iranian boats posed no threat to US ships last Sunday, the Navy said yesterday, but did reveal Tehran's warfare tactics. The incident was also one of three between US and Iranian ships over the past month: In the first face-off, Dec. 19, the USS Whidbey Island fired...

US Finding More Iranian Arms in Iraq

Nov 11, 2007 2:13 PM CST

US Finding More Iranian Arms in Iraq

Easing tensions between Washington and Tehran not stemming weapons flow

(Newser) - US soldiers are finding more Iranian weaponry in Iraq than ever before, despite an apparent easing of tensions between Washington and Tehran, Reuters reports. Iran has vowed to stop funneling armor-piercing explosives into Iraq, and such attacks are down, but Iran is still exerting extensive influence in Iraq, a top...

Iran: US Attack Would Result
in 'Quagmire'

Oct 31, 2007 4:45 PM CDT

Iran: US Attack Would Result in 'Quagmire'

With meeting ahead on new sanctions, Russia encourages diplomacy

(Newser) - A US attack would lead to a "quagmire deeper than Iraq," an Iranian official warned today, reacting to intensifying rhetoric from the Bush administration. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany will meet Friday to discuss tougher sanctions against Iran. Meanwhile, Russia insists that...

US Cools War Rhetoric With Iran

Oct 26, 2007 10:03 PM CDT

US Cools War Rhetoric With Iran

Sanctions 'in no way, shape or form' a prelude to war, official says

(Newser) - Washington cooled war rhetoric with Iran yesterday, calling sanctions "diplomacy" that "in no way, shape or form" anticipate force. The sanctions are "more a demonstration of restraint than a signal that we’re going to war," echoed one US expert. But the US move did irk...

Clinton, Pelosi May Divide Dems

Oct 25, 2007 11:16 AM CDT

Clinton, Pelosi May Divide Dems

One is genuine hawk, the other authentic dove

(Newser) - They may have a lot in common on the surface, but Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi differ vastly when it comes to foreign policy, Politico says. With votes to authorize the Iraq war and designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terrorists, Clinton is an honest-to-goodness, unapologetic hawk, while Pelosi is...

Rice, Paulson Roll Out New Iran Sanctions

Oct 25, 2007 6:45 AM CDT

Rice, Paulson Roll Out New Iran Sanctions

Asset freezes will target Revolutionary Guard and Quds Force

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice and Hank Paulson will roll out a new package of US sanctions against Iran today, targeting the Revolutionary Guard Corps and its covert foreign-operations wing, the Quds Force, which the US accuses of aiding insurgents in Iraq and elsewhere. It will be the broadest set of punitive measures...

US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks

Jul 23, 2007 4:43 AM CDT

US, Tehran to Hold Fresh Talks

Agreement comes amid new charges of bomb smuggling to Iraq

(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...