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Iranian Terror Suspect Had the Right Connections

Rob Quinn — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:00:00 CDT

Iranians trying to recruit Mexican drug cartels to kill the Saudi ambassador? The terror plot US authorities say has been foiled sounds far-fetched, but it appears less so after a look at the man in the middle of it, the Washington Post finds. Mansour Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old Iranian American, had...

Ahmadinejad Taps Fugitive for Iran Cabinet

Will McCahill — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:35:01 CDT

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pick for Iran’s defense minister is wanted in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina, the Guardian reports. Eight-five were killed and 150 injured in the attack, the worst on a Jewish target outside Israel since World War II; Ahmad Vahidi was at...

Petraeus: Iran Behind Green Zone Attack

Sam Gale Rosen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:37:22 CDT

Gen. David Petraeus says Iran was behind yesterday's mortar attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, the BBC reports. Tehran trained, equipped, and funded the insurgents who carried out the attack, he said. "All of this in complete violation of promises made by President Ahmadinejad and the other most senior Iranian leaders...

Rice, Paulson Roll Out New Iran Sanctions

Jason Farago — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:45:23 CDT

Condoleezza Rice and Hank Paulson will roll out a new package of US sanctions against Iran today, targeting the Revolutionary Guard Corps and its covert foreign-operations wing, the Quds Force, which the US accuses of aiding insurgents in Iraq and elsewhere. It will be the broadest set of punitive measures...

Blair Blasts Seizure of British Patrol

Peter Fearon — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:17:37 CDT

Tony Blair is furious over Iran's capture of 15 sailors and Marines, but so far, diplomatic efforts have not even yielded where they are being held. “I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us,” Blair sputtered at a European summit, calling the seizure "unjustified...