Besides the question of Iran’s culpability in the assassination attempt on the Iraqi Prime Minister, Iraq still faces grave problems that violence and instability can exacerbate.
Security forces arrest network of agents working for arch-enemy Israel, seize weapons cache meant to be used in "riots", state TV reports.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s unorthodox views towards Iran’s military establishment angers the supreme leader, deepening moderate-hardliner infighting as June elections approach.
President Rouhani wants perpetrators behind allegedly stolen recording of Foreign Minister Javad Zarif found as officials call "theft of documents a conspiracy against the government".
Investigators say Mariam Taha Thompson accessed and shared with a Lebanese citizen dozens of files about human sources who had helped US kill top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani last year.
Communications intercepted by National Security Agency showed Revolutionary Guard discussed targeting Fort McNair base to avenge killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, intelligence officials tell Associated Press.
The Biden administration acknowledges that any delay in reviving the Iran deal will lead to further instability in Iraq.
The move is the latest of several recent announcements by Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency that it plans to further breach the deal, which it started violating in 2019 in retaliation for Washington's withdrawal from the agreement.
The decision comes one day after US Air Force B-52 bombers flew nonstop from the United States to the Persian Gulf in a show of force that military officials say was intended to caution Iran.
Iran’s state TV reports the country has unveiled two new missiles, as the US heads to the UN to trigger snapback sanctions after the Security Council rejected Washington's bid to extend Tehran's arms embargo.
The judiciary in June said Mahmoud Mousavi Majd, who was arrested in 2018, had spied on various security fields including the Quds Force which was headed by former Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani.
The raid was the most brazen action by Iraqi forces against a major Iran-backed militia group in years and targeted the Kataib Hezbollah faction.
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