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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a delicate mission, seeking to reassure long-term U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region that efforts by Washington to reach out to Iran will not come at their expense.
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In these incidents, their embassy had a presence, some people were arrested. Naturally they will be put on trial, they have made confessions,” Ahmad Jannati...
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In escalating tensions between the two nations, Iran’s hard-line government has arrested nine local staff at the British embassy in Tehran.
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A hardline cleric close to the Iranian regime demanded the execution of leading demonstrators yesterday as the opposition ended the week in disarray.
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It seems to be Iran’s wish to stay isolated in the world and even invite an air attack against its nuclear facilities.
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In an interview with al-Jazeera Internation’s Fault Lines, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft told the station that “of course” the...
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Most reasonable people believe that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s reelection was a fraud, and that the leaders of Iran have lost any right they had left to...
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Yesterday, I titled a post Bahrain, Palestine, Iran and Western Double-Standards. Today I again write in that spirit.
As I have previously written, the support...
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While Western media expresses shock that the Iranian regime can be so repressive, Western firms has written the very software that Iran uses to censor free expression....
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The State Department is sending its special envoy for the Persian Gulf to the region to discuss international diplomatic efforts to persuade Iran to abandon its...
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AP, Manama
The skipper of an American nuclear submarine that collided with another U.S. Navy vessel at the mouth of the Persian Gulf last month has been relieved of command, the...
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AP, Manama
The officer in charge of an American nuclear submarine that collided with another U.S. Navy vessel at the mouth of the Persian Gulf last month has been relieved of...
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The United Arab Emirates is officially not much more than a base for Western armies in the Middle East. The confederation of seven emirates already is home to several...
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AP, Los Angeles
Stephen Colbert is taking his Comedy Central show to the Persian Gulf.
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AP, Washington
The Navy says a U.S. fighter pilot lost nearly 20 years ago in the Persian Gulf War will continue to be listed as missing.
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AP, Washington
A veteran diplomat who has served as Mideast envoy under Democratic and Republican presidents will be a special adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the...
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AP, Dubai
Kuwaiti state news says an investment firm in the Persian Gulf oil producer is forming a pair of joint venture companies with Russia’s Gazprom.
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As Barack Obama euphoria reaches fever pitch, here is a rather strange article I came across that states that not only the change in presidency but the change in policy...
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AP, Washington
The Bush administration signed a nuclear cooperation agreement on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates _ a last-minute deal saddling the incoming Obama administration...
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AP, Washington
The Bush administration moved Thursday to sign a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United Arab Emirates _ a last-minute deal that would saddle the incoming Obama...
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AP, Washington
A Navy review board has recommended that the Pentagon continue investigating what happened to a fighter pilot who was the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War...
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Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it will end up owning less of its factories than previously negotiated after they’re spun off into a venture...
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AP, Kuwait City
The Iraqi and Kuwaiti navies have agreed to patrol their common waterways together to guard against terrorism and smuggling in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy said...
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AP, Doha
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The U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Port Royal, equiped with AEGIS combat systems, and “Tomahawk” ASM/LAM cruise missiles, patrols in the Persian Gulf in this 1997 file photo. Iranian boats harassed and provoked three American Navy ships in...
