The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the resurgent Kurdish guerilla movement in eastern Turkey and long-standing offical State Department-designated “foreign terrorist organization,” is apparently building a visible presence in northern Iraq, and is even said to be establishing a foothold in… Read morePKK expands presence in Iraq —and Iran?
The National Council of Resistance of Iran reports that on Aug. 3 thousands took to the streets of Saqez, capital of Iran’s Kurdistan province, against the clerical regime, and in solidarity with uprisings in other cities in the region, including… Read moreUprisings rock western Iran
Here’s an ominous one. We bet this won’t be the last we hear of this news item. Where the hell is “Southwestern Asia” and why the secrecy about the location of the crash? Doesn’t the secrecy combined with the unsubtle… Read moreIran gets “Gary Powers” affair?
More explosions are reported in Iran this morning, this time in the southeastern city of Zahedan, near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan. The three blasts took no lives, but injured two people and caused property damage. Authorities were unclear… Read moreMore blasts in Iran; pipeline deal signed
Bomb blasts struck Iranian government buildings June 12 in Ahvaz, capital of oil-rich Khuzestan province bordering Iraq, followed within hours by two other bombs in central Tehran, killing nine and injuring over 85. The attacks come days before presidential elections…. Read moreTerror and courage in Iran
Ethnic tensions are rising in southwest Iran’s Khuzistan province along the Iraqi border, where violence has left three dead and injured in recent days. Protests by the region’s Arab minority were sparked by reports that authorities were planning to colonize… Read moreArab unrest, peace protests in Iran
As Bush equivocates, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter states in a commentary for al-Jazeera that he was told by an anonymous "someone close to the Bush administration" that the U.S. military attack on Iran is slated for June 2005…. Read moreRitter predicts: Iran attack in June
A March 3 account in Newsday indicates that Iran’s secret police are hunting down dissidents who have taken refuge in neighboring countries. Newsday highlights the case of Abdulrahim Raeesi, political science professor who was arrested in Tehran by the Ministry… Read moreIranian agents hunt down dissidents abroad?
Iran and Russia signed a deal Feb. 27 to get the Bushehr nuclear reactor, Iran’s first, up and running. Under the deal, Russia agrees to supply fuel, and Iran agrees to have the spent returned to Russia so that it… Read moreIran and Russia sign nuke deal
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous," Bush told a news conference after talks with European Union leaders in Brussels. "Having said that, all options are on the table," he added, drawing… Read moreBush: Talk of Iran attack “ridiculous,” but…
Up to 400 are reported dead in an earthquake which struck near the city of Zarand in Kerman province of southeastern Iran. (RFE/RL, Reuters, Feb. 22) A December 2003 earthquake at the city of Bam, also in Zarand, killed some… Read moreIran: 400 dead in earthquake
Speaking at an anti-war event in Olympia, WA, former Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter claimed that President Bush has already signed off on plans to start bombing Iran in June, ostensibly to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. If we live… Read moreScott Ritter: Iran attack planned for June
