Two US presidents on two Iranian crackdowns
( CNN) When protests erupted in Iran in 2009, then-President Barack Obama reacted cautiously, concerned that a forceful intervention could make America — reviled as the…
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Iraq, Syria, Iran…Are We To Destroy Iran Next?
Years ago there was a plan, A Clean Break: Project for the New American Century(PNAC), to wreck the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians…
After Fighting Common Enemy ISIS, How Will Rising Tensions Between U.S. and Iran Affect Iraq?
Judy Woodruff: Now the final installment in our series Iran Rising in Iraq that examines Tehran’s influence there, and what it means for U.S. policy in…
American diplomat: US looks to counter Iran in post-war Iraq
BAGHDAD – As Iraq emerges from three years of war with the Islamic State group, the U.S. is looking to roll back the influence of…
Iraq announces end of Oil-for-Food programme imposed by UN following Gulf War
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – The Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Saturday announced the end of Iraq’s obligation of the Oil-for-Food program within Chapter VII of…
Why Israel Ignores Iraq
Over the recent months, Israeli politicians, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as leading national media commentators and security officials, muse about a…
Not a severance of diplomatic relations, but a clear allusion: Baku is done waiting
At present, in the military aspect, Ukraine concerns Moscow much less than Syria or Karabakh. In Syria things don’t go as planned and even Syria…
Iran Sees Enemies Ganging Together as Israel Talks Up Saudi Ties
The shock and awe unleashed by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has prompted concern in Iran, where speculation is mounting that the U.S. and Israel will…
Why Saudi Arabia and Iran are bitter rivals
How come Saudi Arabia and Iran don’t get along? Saudi Arabia and Iran – two powerful neighbours – are locked in a fierce struggle for…
Iran, Turkey have own plans for Iraq’s strategic Sinjar
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — Sinjar, Iraq, is shaping up to be the essential gem in someone’s crown, but there are several contenders. Turkey, Iran and the…