Iran Cited In Iraq's Decline in Violence
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The Iranian government has decided "at the most senior levels" to rein in the violent Shiite militias it supports in Iraq, a move reflected in a sharp decrease in sophisticated roadside bomb attacks over the past several months, according to the State Department's top official on Iraq.
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A look at Iran's recent crackdown on perceived internal threats:
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Iran is training fighters in Iraq and helping to plan attacks there despite diplomatic pressure for change, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, while violence around the Arab state killed at least 19 people.
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In Iraq, the ties to neighboring Iran are as apparent as the desert sun. They reach back to Islam's earliest days, and before.
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Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since before a 2006 mosque attack which unleashed reprisal sectarian killings, the number two commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.
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Senior Iranian leaders know about the operations of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Qods Force in stirring up violence in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Monday.
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Iran&#039;s most prominent dissident said Sunday that the war in Iraq has hurt his country&#039;s reform movement by giving its regime an excuse to stifle dissent.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday that retreat in Iraq would cede power in the country to Iran, the U.S.-labeled "axis of evil" nation that has become the boogeyman of the Middle East.
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Iran could play a crucial role in curbing Iraq's Shiite militias if the U.S. opens a dialogue with Tehran as recommended by the Iraq Study Group, many in the Mideast say.
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Iran offered on Tuesday to help   establish security and stability in Iraq after Iraqi Prime   Minister Nuri al-Maliki held talks in Tehran on his first   official visit to the Islamic Republic.
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A briefing on Iran's role in Iraq was low-key, and aimed more at diplomacy than placing blame, experts say.
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Iran describes allegations by the US that it has been supplying Iraqi militias with weapons as baseless.
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Amid US charges of Iran's hand in Iraq's instability, some counsel caution.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran would do whatever it could to help provide security to Iraq amid warnings the country was on the brink of civil war.
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Iran's supreme leader on Tuesday said American policies in Iraq are the "main cause" of that country's violence and insecurity, and withdrawal of "foreign forces" is the first step to ending the country's discord, according to an Iranian news agency report.
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The U.S. military accused Iran on Monday of a direct role in a sophisticated militant attack that killed five American troops in Iraq, portraying Tehran as waging a proxy war through Shiite extremists.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country would do whatever it could to help improve security in Iraq, where tensions are running high after the worst bombing since the 2003 U.S. invasion.