Iraqi Defense Minister Calls Iran &quot;Number One Enemy&quot;
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Iraq&#39;s interim defense minister has lashed out at neighbors Iran and Syria, accusing them of aiding wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Saddam Hussein loyalists in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- A US military spokesman accused Iranian leaders yesterday of using guerrillas from Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group to train militiamen fighting American troops in Iraq and to organize attacks, including a January ambush on an Iraqi-US outpost that killed five American soldiers.
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MUNICH -- Serial numbers and other markings on bombs suggest that Iranians are linked to deadly explosives used by Iraqi militants, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday in some of the administration's first public assertions on evidence the military has collected.
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Iran's Foreign Ministry denied Sunday that radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was in Iran, calling statements by U.S. and Iraqi officials saying he had traveled to Iran "psychological warfare."
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The chief U.N. nuclear inspector warned Friday against rhetoric in the Iranian nuclear standoff that he called "a reminder of pre-war Iraq," and said he sees no reason to go beyond diplomacy, apparent criticisms of the U.S. position.
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Iraq is stepping up efforts to improve relations with neighbouring Iran, which has been highly critical of the military action against Shiite militias in Iraq.
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Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Saturday that Iran has achieved an &amp;quoteffective deterrent power&quot; to confront its enemies in the region, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Iranâs ambassador to Baghdad responds to charges that Tehran is fostering sectarian violence and helping insurgents in Iraq.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made his first official visit to Iran, a close ally, asking the Islamic regime on Tuesday to crack down on al-Qaida militants infiltrating his country and seeking new deals to help Iraq's troubled oil industry.
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Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized an Iranian diplomat as he drove through central Baghdad, officials said Tuesday. Tehran condemned the abduction and blamed U.S. forces in Iraq
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq said in an interview released Monday that it's "indisputable" Iran is training and arming militants to fight against U.S.-led troops
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Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih  said Sunday he brought a message of friendship to Iran, which  has been angered by charges it is stirring up tension in Iraq,  the official IRNA news agency said.
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Washington's top official in Iraq said he told an Iranian delegation that Tehran should stop supporting militias in Iraq but described rare talks between the two foes on Monday as positive.
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DAMASCUS: Iranâs foreign minister challenged US and Iraqi officials to prove their accusations that his country is meddling in Iraqi affairs.
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Iran has continued to fire shells into northern Iraq despite protests from Baghdad, threatening relations between the two neighbors, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.
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Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri   al-Maliki, will make his first official visit on Monday to   neighboring Shi'ite Iran, whose influence in Iraq is a matter   of concern in Washington.
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri   al-Maliki will make his first official visit to neighboring   Iran on Monday to discuss political and security issues, an   Iraqi government spokesman said on Saturday.