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Imam accused in JFK plot wanted help from Iran PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 10 July 2007
New York Sun: A Shiite imam accused of plotting to blow up fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport wanted to seek Iranian backing for the terrorist plot.
 
Al-Qaeda increasingly working out of Iran – FT PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 07 July 2007
Iran Focus: London, Jul. 07 – Al-Qaeda operatives are increasingly using Iran as a base to carry out “terrorist operations” in Iraq and elsewhere, Britain’s Financial Times reported on Saturday.
 
Solana suggests Iran behind Gaza, Lebanon attacks PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 02 July 2007
Reuters: The European Union foreign policy chief suggested on Monday that Iran could be linked to the Hamas military takeover of Gaza, recent attacks on the Lebanese army, and on European peacekeepers in Lebanon.
 
Nicked: Doc and wife in a burka PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 02 July 2007
The Sun: The suspected ringleader of a plot to unleash a blitz of car bombs on Britain is an Iranian doctor arrested with his burka-clad wife.
 
UN urges Syria, Iran to respect Lebanon arms ban PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 29 June 2007
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria and Iran to respect an arms embargo on militias in Lebanon and urged Damascus, in a report issued on Friday, to better control its border with its neighbor.
 
Palestinian intelligence fingers Iran in Gaza seizure PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 24 June 2007
AFP: Iran played a "big role" in Hamas's seizure of Gaza from Palestinian security forces earlier this month, Palestinian intelligence chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi charged on Sunday.
 
Egypt threatened by Iranian support for Hamas PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 June 2007
Daily Telegraph: The crisis in the Palestinian territories threatened to spill across the Middle East last night after Egypt accused Iran of sponsoring Hamas in its takeover of Gaza and said that Teheran now posed a threat to its own national security.
 
Cleric says fatwa against Rushdie "still alive" PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 June 2007
Reuters: A prominent Iranian cleric said on Friday the fatwa death warrant against author Salman Rushdie issued by the late Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 was "still alive" in the Islamic Republic.
 
PLO official says Iran supported Hamas to use force in Gaza PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Xinhua: A senior Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) official on Tuesday accused Iran of supporting Islamic Hamas movement to use force against the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) in the Gaza Strip.
 
Iran behind Hamas takeover in threat to Arab security: Egypt FM PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
AFP: Egypt's foreign minister accused Iran of having encouraged Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to seize neighbouring Gaza and said it posed a threat to the Arab world, in remarks published on Wednesday.
 
Iran group raises Rushdie bounty PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
UPI: A non-governmental organization in Iran is offering $150,000 for the death of author Salman Rushdie.
 
Gates: Iran leaders likely know of arms shipments PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
USA TODAY: Iran's government likely knows about the shipment of weapons from Iran to Taliban militants in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.
 
Gates: Taliban getting weapons from Iran PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
AP: Defense Secretary Robert Gates tied Iran's government to large shipments of weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan and said Wednesday such quantities were unlikely without Tehran's knowledge.
 
Gates points to Iran as source of weapons to Taliban PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
AFP: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday said "substantial" quantities of Iranian weapons are flowing into Afghanistan and it is difficult to believe the Iranian government is not aware of it.
 
U.S.: Iran sending weapons to Taliban PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
AP: A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan - the most direct comments yet on the issue by a ranking American official.
 
Police, FBI plan to examine Iran links in JFK plot PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 05 June 2007
New York Sun: As New York police and the FBI interview suspects in an alleged plot to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport, one thread the ongoing investigation will explore is why one of the suspects was planning to go to Iran.
 
Iran arming Taliban against West, says Blair PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 03 June 2007
Daily Telegraph: Tony Blair yesterday accused Iran of arming Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in order to stir "chaos" and inflict more casualties on Western troops.
 
Weapons caches point to Iran PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 01 June 2007
Daily Telegraph: Explosive devices similar to those supplied by Iran to militant groups in Iraq have been found for the first time in Afghanistan.
 
Court upholds $2.8M Iran terrorism claim PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 31 May 2007
AP: The brother of an Iranian terrorism victim can collect $2.8 million from a California company that owes Iran for a canceled weapons shipment, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
 
Tehran's secret 'Department 9000' PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Newsweek: President Bush said last week he expects a "bloody" summer in Iraq. What he didn't say is that a growing covert war between the United States and Iran may be one reason the conflict is escalating. U.S. intelligence has identified the principal unit behind Tehran's efforts to supply Shia insurgent cells in Iraq.
 
Iran implicated in attacks on UK troops PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
The Scotsman: Iran has been accused of supporting increasing sophisticated attacks on British forces in Afghanistan.
 
Taliban 'use Iranian missiles on UK troops' PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Daily Telegraph: British troops in Afghanistan are being targeted by surface-to-air missiles supplied by Iran, a senior Army source said yesterday.
 
Yemen recalls envoys from Iran, Libya over rebels PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 12 May 2007
Reuters: Yemen said on Saturday it had recalled its ambassadors to Iran and Libya over what it sees as their support for Shi'ite Muslim rebels involved in bloody clashes with government forces.
 
Iran 'seeking conflict by proxy in Afghanistan': Britain PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 09 May 2007
AFP: British Defence Secretary Des Browne said Tuesday there were signs that Iran was helping the Taliban fight coalition forces in Afghanistan.
 
U.S.: Iran remains most active state sponsor of terrorism PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 01 May 2007
Iran Focus: London, May 01 - The U.S. State Department accused Iran on Monday of continuing to remain the most active state sponsor of terrorism. The following is the text of the State Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006" relating to Iran:
 
Al-Qaeda ‘planning big British attack’ PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 23 April 2007
Sunday Times: Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq are planning the first “large-scale” terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report.
 
US increasingly concerned about Iranian role in Afghanistan PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 19 April 2007
AFP: Iran's political and military influence is growing in neighbouring Afghanistan with Iranian-made weapons reaching the Taliban militia, a US official said Wednesday.
 
U.S. links Iran to arms in Afghanistan PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
Los Angeles Times: U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan recently intercepted Iranian-made weapons that were being shipped to fighters for the Taliban, historically regional rivals of Tehran, the Pentagon's top general said Tuesday.
 
General: Afghan arms made in Iran PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
AP: U.S. forces recently intercepted Iranian-made weapons intended for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the Pentagon's top general said Tuesday, suggesting wider Iranian war involvement in the region.
 
Buoyant Teheran warns of further kidnappings PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 08 April 2007
Sunday Telegraph: Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and do so with impunity.
 
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