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Sunday, 22 June 2008 |
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 The Observer: British special forces operating on the border between Afghanistan and Iran have uncovered fresh evidence that Tehran is actively backing insurgents fighting UK troops.
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Sunday, 15 June 2008 |
 UPI: The Iranian government says it has nothing to do with a group that reportedly has threatened the United Arab Emirates embassy in Iraq. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 05 - Iran’s new Majlis Speaker has reiterated that the Tehran government continues to support Hamas in Palestine, state media reported on Thursday.
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
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 Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 02 - The former commandant of Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), wanted for his involvement in a spate of international terrorist attacks, is currently in Saudi Arabia, Iran Focus has learnt.
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
 UPI: Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has created an independent missile command to be integrated with a Syrian missile program, military sources said. |
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Sunday, 01 June 2008 |
 AFP: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on the world's Muslims on Sunday to work to "erase" Israel, in the latest verbal attack by Tehran against the Jewish state. |
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Saturday, 31 May 2008 |
 UPI: Members of the Lebanese Forces say Iran is trying to execute secret missions in Lebanon. |
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Thursday, 29 May 2008 |
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 ABC News: Senior U.S. officials tell ABC News that in recent months there have been secret contacts between the Iranian government and the leadership of al Qaeda. It's a development that has caught the attention of top officials in the White House, the Pentagon and the intelligence community.
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Monday, 19 May 2008 |
 Bloomberg: Germany tightened rules on the sale of heavy trucks to Iran and Syria over concern that the vehicles may be used to launch short- and medium-range missiles. |
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Monday, 19 May 2008 |
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AFP: Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Monday rejected a proposal at Arab-mediated talks with pro-government rivals aimed at breaking a political deadlock which took the country to the brink of civil war. |
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Monday, 19 May 2008 |
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Washington Post: As he toured the Middle East over the past five days, President Bush tried to shore up support for his strategy of isolating Iran in meetings with the leaders of Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and the Palestinian territories. |
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Saturday, 17 May 2008 |
 Bloomberg: President George W. Bush said he will urge Arab leaders tomorrow to reject the regimes of Iran and Syria, calling them "spoilers" that impede progress toward a better life in the Middle East. |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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 VOA News: U.S. President George Bush says Iran is trying to bring down the democratically-elected government in Lebanon. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush discussed the ongoing conflict with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert during talks in Jerusalem.
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
 AP: Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp warning over Lebanon Tuesday, saying Tehran's support for Hezbollah will damage its relations with other Muslim and Arab countries. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 AFP: US victims of attacks in Israel and their families are suing Swiss bank UBS for 500 million dollars, alleging it financed terrorism by doing business with Iran, their lawyer told AFP Tuesday. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 Reuters: Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday Iranian-backed Hezbollah's routing of the Western-backed government's supporters in Lebanon would affect the Islamic Republic's ties with Arab countries. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 AFP: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal warned on Tuesday that Iran's relations with the Arab world would be affected if Tehran was supporting what he described as a "coup" in Lebanon. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia warned Iran that its support for a "coup" in Lebanon by the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group will harm relations with Arab states. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
 AFP: US President George W. Bush Monday warned Iran and Syria that the international community would not allow Lebanon to fall under foreign domination again, as he vowed to shore up the Lebanese army. |
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
 AFP: US President George W. Bush on Monday called Iran the "single biggest threat" to peace in the Middle East ahead of a visit to the region centered on celebrations of Israel's 60th anniversary. |
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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 The Guardian: Iranian-backed Hizbullah and its opposition allies yesterday escalated their armed takeover of key areas of Lebanon held by the western-backed government, gaining control of the Druze heartlands of Mount Lebanon and clashing with pro-government Sunni fighters in the northern port city of Tripoli.
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 |
 AFP: Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Saturday said it was ending its takeover of west Beirut after the army revoked government moves against the Shiite group that sparked days of deadly fighting. |
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
 Reuters: The White House said on Friday it was "very troubled" by Hezbollah's actions in Beirut and urged Iran and Syria to halt support for the militant group after its fighters in the Lebanese capital routed forces loyal to the government. |
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Saturday, 10 May 2008 |
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Press Association: The Bush administration has accused Iran and Syria of fuelling violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country's western-backed government. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
 AFP: Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
 Reuters: The takeover of the Muslim half of Beirut by Hezbollah triggered alarm in the Arab world and the West on Friday, and the embattled Lebanese government called it an armed coup by the Iranian and Syrian-backed group. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
 AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Hezbollah, backed by Syria and Iran, is killing and injuring innocent civilians in Lebanon. |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
 AFP: Iran on Friday accused the United States and Israel of fueling the deadly sectarian fighting in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority. |
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
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RFE/RL: Two Iranian men have been detained in Afghanistan in separate incidents on suspicion of spying near NATO and Afghan military installations. |
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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
 AFP: Iran is seeking to keep Afghanistan weak and unstable, delivering arms to the Taliban whilst ostensibly supporting Kabul's government, a senior US state department official said in Paris Tuesday. |
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