Tehran offers to help US troops leave Iraq
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MANAMA, Bahrain -- Iran's foreign minister delivered a blunt challenge to the United States yesterday, saying Tehran is willing to help US troops withdraw from Iraq, but only if Washington makes tough policy changes.
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The government has appeared to back US claims that Iran had supplied weapons and explosives to Shia militants in neighbouring Iraq for use against coalition forces.
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Iraqâs ambassador to the United States backs the Petraeus plan, calls for Iran to âstop interferingâ in his countryâs affairsâand expects a continued American presence there for a long time to come.
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TEHRAN -- President Jalal Talabani of Iraq arrived yesterday for two days of talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, admitting that Iraq was "desperately in need of help" to quell escalating insurgent attacks.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani was due to visit Iran on Monday amid growing calls for Washington to engage Tehran in dialogue to help stop Iraq sliding into civil war.
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Iraq&#39;s deputy prime minister has begun a visit to Iran to bring what he called a &quot;message of friendship,&quot; following charges the Islamic Republic is supporting militants in Iraq.
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The United States said Thursday Iran should see the American military presence in Iraq as a stabilizing, rather than threatening presence. The comments followed remarks by Iran&#39;s Defense Minister that some Iranian generals favor striking US forces ...
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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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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that a power vacuum is imminent in Iraq and said that Iran was ready to help fill the gap.
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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praised Iran on Sunday for helping to curb Shi'ite militia violence in Iraq on Sunday, using some of the warmest language Washington has employed toward its arch foe over Iraq.
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Delegates from the United States and Iran are at the same table Saturday, at a meeting in Baghdad to discuss security for war-torn Iraq. The meeting could break the ice or offer new opportunities for discord between Washington and Tehran. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he did not want his country to be a political battleground.
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WASHINGTON -- In an unusual letter to the American people, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, yesterday called for the pullout of US forces from Iraq and charged that Bush administration policy is based on "coercion, force, and injustice."
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The United States urged Iran on Monday to stop supporting militias in Iraq but described the two countries' most high-profile meeting in almost 30 years as positive.
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BAGHDAD -- When US and Iranian officials meet here today in search of ways to bring stability to Iraq, both sides will have much to ask for, much they could offer -- and only limited expectations for quick progress.
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Iran is ready to provide "guarantees" it won't seek nuclear weapons and warned the United States that success in stabilizing Iraq and Afghanistan was impossible without Iranian support, the president said Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- US military officials in Baghdad, presenting long-awaited evidence that Iran has been providing weaponry to Iraqi militants, said yesterday that Iranian security forces linked to the "highest levels" of the Iranian government have been smuggling explosives into Iraq for at least the past two years.
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The top US commander in Iraq said Tuesday he had no doubt that Iran was giving &quot;lethal&quot; support to Iraqi militias but that he had not sought to stop it by launching military operations inside Iran.