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Wednesday, 02 November 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 03 – The United States is attempting remove Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and prominent Shiite leader Abdol-Aziz Hakim from power and install the secular former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi as the country’s new statesman, an Iranian government-run Persian-language website reported on Wednesday. |
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Sunday, 30 October 2005 |
 Azzaman: Local security forces are reported to have taken unspecified measures to check Iranian influence in southern Iraq, particularly in Basra. |
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Saturday, 29 October 2005 |
 Sunday Telegraph: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have set up a network of secret smuggling routes to ferry men and equipment into Iraq for attacks on coalition troops, according to an exiled opposition group.
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Friday, 28 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 29 – More than 20 Iranians attempting to cross into Iraq illegally were arrested near the border, according to an Iraqi television channel. |
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Thursday, 27 October 2005 |
 AP: The top American diplomat in Iraq said Wednesday that the insurgency there remains formidable and will take longer to defeat if neighboring countries such as Syria and Iran continue to play ``unhelpful roles.''
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Thursday, 27 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 26 – A semi-official Iranian daily, which strongly reflects the state’s positions, carried a front-page article on Wednesday about the Iraqi constitution vote, claiming that the result of the referendum was a rejection of the United States. |
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Friday, 21 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 22 – In a fiery Friday prayers sermon delivered in Arabic, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Arabs to reject peace with Israel and to consolidate gains by radical Islamic fundamentalists in Iraq, as the country heads to parliamentary elections in December. |
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 21 – Armed militia rigged Iraqi constitution votes at certain polling stations, an Iraqi daily
wrote on Thursday. |
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Thursday, 20 October 2005 |
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AFP: Militia groups have infiltrated the police force in Iraq's southern city of Basra, the head of the British army said on Thursday, adding that there was possibly an Iranian influence. |
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: London, Oct. 19 – An Iranian-backed militia group which has penetrated key positions in the Iraqi Interior Ministry has been ordered to assassinate Iraqi Sunni Muslim activists, Iraqi media reported. |
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Monday, 17 October 2005 |
 AFP: Britain's charge d'affaires to Iran was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry Monday to hear a complaint over British allegations that Iran is meddling in Iraq, the official news agency IRNA said. |
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Sunday, 16 October 2005 |
 The Independent: Iran was warned not to "stir up" insurgency and to be a "good neighbour" to Iraq by the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, as she met Tony Blair for private talks yesterday. |
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Sunday, 16 October 2005 |
 AFP: London has offered Tehran evidence supporting British government claims that Iran is linked to attacks on British troops in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Sunday. |
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Sunday, 16 October 2005 |
 Reuters: The United States and its chief ally Britain have warned Iran over its possible involvement in insurgent bomb attacks in Iraq, top officials said on Sunday. |
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Saturday, 15 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 15 – A government-run Persian-language website in an article called for a greater Iranian presence in neighbouring Iraq. |
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Friday, 14 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Baghdad, Oct. 25 – Ten Iranian agents have been arrested in Iraq, according to an Iraqi television channel. |
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Friday, 14 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Washington, DC, Oct. 14 – A panel of Middle East legal and political experts condemned Iranian meddling in Iraq’s upcoming constitution during a conference in the United States capital on Thursday. |
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Thursday, 13 October 2005 |
 Reuters: Alarmed by what it sees as Iran's growing control in Iraq, Saudi Arabia will watch anxiously as Iraqis vote on a new constitution that Riyadh fears will shift the regional balance of power towards Tehran. |
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Thursday, 13 October 2005 |
 AFP: British Defence Secretary John Reid issued a new warning to Iran and the militant group Hezbollah on Thursday over a
recent series of bomb attacks on British troops in Iraq. |
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Thursday, 13 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 13 – Iran’s Foreign Ministry blasted British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Thursday for his comments critical of Iran for meddling in southern Iraq. |
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Wednesday, 12 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 13 – At least 1,300 Iranians remain in Iraqi prisons for various crimes, Iranian state television reported Wednesday evening. |
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Wednesday, 12 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: London, Oct. 12 – Iraq’s former Interior Minister added his voice to a string of Iraqi, American, and British officials in condemning Iranian meddling in Iraq. |
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
 Voice of America: With four-days left before Iraq holds a referendum on a new constitution, some Iraqis are voicing concern that the charter could deepen neighboring Iran's influence in Iraq and provoke a conflict, which could spill over into other countries in the region. |
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
The Independent: Iran is running international "training camps" for bombers who carry out attacks on British troops in Iraq, according to senior British officials.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
 BBC: Fresh claims have emerged about Iran's involvement in the killing of British troops in southern Iraq's Basra region. |
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
 The Sun: Elite troops from Iran were last night accused of training Iraqi bombers to kill British soldiers.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
 Press Association: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have established a headquarters in an attempt to command and control terrorist activities in southern Iraq - including operations against British forces, it has been claimed.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 11 – Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a meeting with Iraq’s special envoy to the Islamic Republic, blamed the United States and its allies for the insecurity in neighbouring Iraq. |
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Monday, 10 October 2005 |
 Azzaman (Iraq): Tribal leaders meeting in the religious city of Najaf denounced what they described as “Iranian interference in Iraqi political affairs.” |
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Saturday, 08 October 2005 |
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Scotland on Sunday: A team of military specialists has been dispatched to Iraq to compile a comprehensive dossier of evidence that "Iranian elements" have been arming insurgents engaged in a brutal struggle with British forces around Basra. |
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