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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Friday, 22 June 2007 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
UPI: A non-governmental organization in Iran is offering $150,000 for the death of author Salman Rushdie. |
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Wednesday, 23 May 2007 |
The Scotsman: Iran has been accused of supporting increasing sophisticated attacks on British forces in Afghanistan. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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. |
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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