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Harassment, Censorship of Correspondents Accompanying Vice-PM on Official Visit
AFP.
Iraqi Deputy PM Barham Salih meets Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran in2006.
Iraqi journalists accompanying their country’s deputy prime minister on an official visit to Iran have been harassed and threatened with arrests and imprisonment by the authorities in the Islamic Republic.
Iraqi journalists traveling with Barham...
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Correspondent Seymour Hersh: US Upping Efforts to Undermine Iranian Regime
Here's the first graph of the
New Yorker magazine report from renowned and controversial correspondent Seymour Hersh:
Preparing the Battlefield
The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran
By Seymour M. Hersh
July 7, 2008
Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against...
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Most Call for End to Iranian Support for Iraqi Militants if US, Iran Reconcile
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A rare public opinion poll of Iranians shows the vast majority want to be able to directly elect their country's supreme leader and a slim majority want the Iranian government to stop backing Iraqi militant groups if the U.S. and Iranian governments re-establish ties and resume trade.
The poll was...
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Confrontation Branded Hostile, Dangerous Harassment by US; Iran Says Nonsense
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Here's the 4'26" Video of Sunday Incident; Shot from Bridge of USS Hopper
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President Argues End of Weapons Program Shouldn't Affect Approach
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Former NCS Officials Warn White House Has Long Appeared Determined to Strike
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Tensions Escalate in Wake of US Capture of Iranian National
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Iranian Envoy to Iraq Tells CNN US Trying to Put Saddamists Back in Power
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Iranian Leader Tells British TV No Proxy War, But Many 'Friends' in Iraq
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Putin to Meet Iranian Leaders, Attend Summit of Caspian Sea Nations
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Statement Issued, Onslaught Continues, Larijani Accuses US of Backing Rebels
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Will North Korea Take Its Long-Time Alliance with Iran to New Level?
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Does the Leadership Change Foretell a New Direction for the IRGC?
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Maliki Demands Iran Explain Recent Attacks, Refrain From More
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Iranian Defense Minister Opens Production Line, Denounces US and Sanctions
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Kurdish Insurgency Tests Iranian Conventional Military Power
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Notes Warn Locals of Forthcoming Onslaught, Some Shelling Reported
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Claim 2,000-Pound Bomb with Guidance System can be Fired from Jets
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First Meeting of Newly-Formed US-Iranian Security Committee
