April 21, 2008 MSNBC
	Clinton warns Iran of U.S. nuclear response -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton confirmed Monday that as president she would be willing to use nuclear weapons against Iran if it were to launch a nuclear attack on Israel.
April 20, 2008 Los Angeles Times
	Iran shifts slightly in treatment of drug addicts -- Iran estimates that there are 2 million drug users in this rigidly conservative Shiite Muslim nation. International agencies put the number at more than 3 million.
April 18, 2008 Inter Press Service
	Can the U.S. and Iran Share the Middle East? -- Iran's role in Iraq came as a sharp reminder that the George W. Bush administration's accusations of Iranian mischief notwithstanding, Iranian influence in Iraq is both undeniable and multifaceted.
April 14, 2008 The Independent
	US and Iran holding 'secret' talks on nuclear programme -- Iran and the United States have been engaged in secret "back channel" discussions for the past five years on Iran's nuclear programme and the broader relationship between the two sworn enemies, The Independent can reveal.
April 13, 2008 AFP
	Iran - the new motivation for US war in Iraq -- The US rationale for war in Iraq has morphed from ousting strongman Saddam Hussein, to countering Al-Qaeda militants to its latest incarnation -- facing down what officials in President George W. Bush's administration call the Iranian "threat".
April 07, 2008 Inter Press Service
	Ahmadinejad Faces Stormy New Parliament -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can expect considerable opposition in the newly elected parliament -- set to be installed on May 27 -- that has a considerable number of representatives from rival hardliners, conservatives and a stronger reformist minority.
April 03, 2008 Asia Times
	Iran torpedoes US plans for Iraqi oil -- By all accounts, Iran played a decisive role in hammering out the peace deal among the Shi'ite factions in Iraq. A bloody week of human killing on the Tigris River ended on Sunday. Details are sketchy, however, since they must come from non-Iranian sources. Tehran keeps silent about its role.
March 31, 2008 CNN
	Sources: Iran helped prod al-Sadr cease-fire -- Iran was integral in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to halt attacks by his militia on Iraqi security forces, an Iraqi lawmaker said Monday.
March 21, 2008 Inter Press Service
	McCain's Gaffes Reflect Bush's Iran-Qaeda Myth -- Sen. John McCain's confusion in recent allegations of Iranian training of al Qaeda fighters in Iraq is the result of a drumbeat of official propaganda about close Iran-al Qaeda ties that the George W. Bush administration and neoconservatives have promoted ever since early 2002.
March 16, 2008 BBC News
	Iran faces power play after vote -- It all looks like good news for the president, bad news for Western governments hoping for the moderates to temper those aggressive policies. But as he prepares for the Iranian new year holiday, Mr Ahmadinejad may not quite be uncorking the non-alcoholic Champagne.
March 11, 2008 Inter Press Service
	POLITICS-US: Dissenting Views Made Fallon's Fall Inevitable -- Admiral William Fallon's request to quit his position as head of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and to retire from the military was apparently the result of a George W. Bush administration decision to pressure him to resign.
March 11, 2008 Reuters
	Iran's rise owes much to Bush's Iraq and Afghan wars -- Five years on, Iran can thank the United States for unwittingly aiding its drive for regional power by ousting Saddam Hussein, one of Tehran's deadliest foes.
March 11, 2008 Esquire
	The Man Between War and Peace -- If, in the dying light of the Bush administration, we go to war with Iran, it'll all come down to one man. If we do not go to war with Iran, it'll come down to the same man. He is that rarest of creatures in the Bush universe: the good cop on Iran, and a man of strategic brilliance. His name is William Fallon.
March 11, 2008 The Associated Press
	Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief -- The Navy admiral in charge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan announced Tuesday that he is resigning over press reports portraying him as opposed to President Bush's Iran policy.
March 11, 2008 BBC News
	Support drops for action on Iran -- Support for tough international action against Iran over its nuclear programme has fallen in the past 18 months, a poll carried out for the BBC suggests.
March 10, 2008 Inter Press Service
	US/IRAN: Blowback of War Likely to Be "Terrible" -- Since the release of the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear capabilities last December, the prevailing conventional wisdom has been that the report's finding that Iran is not currently pursuing nuclear weapons had derailed the possibility of the George W. Bush administration launching a military strike before leaving office...Yet some believe the Bush administration could still choose to attack Iran, perhaps so as to ensure a Republican victory in the upcoming November presidential election.
March 10, 2008 BBC
	Iran in facts and figures -- Iran possesses nearly a 10th of the world's oil, yet fuel is rationed. Inflation is at unprecedented levels, and there is disenchantment with government spending policies which are largely seen as populist.
March 09, 2008 The San Francisco Chronicle
	The election on blog in Farsi -- Because of the Internet and satellite dishes, millions of people outside the country follow the tight marathon that might take the United States in a new direction in November.
March 06, 2008 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
	Iran: Shiraz University Students Arrested After Week Of Protests -- At least 12 students from Shiraz University have been arrested and summoned to a revolutionary court over their participation in more than a week of demonstrations...Students have spent the past nine days demanding the university president's resignation, greater freedom for student activities, and better living conditions in dormitories.
March 06, 2008 Haaretz
	Who leaked the details of a CIA-Mossad plot against Iran? -- [C]onversations with several sources who are familiar with the affair indicate that Risen has been asked to testify as part of an investigation aimed at revealing who leaked apparently confidential information about the planning of secret Central Intelligence Agency and Mossad missions concerning Iran's nuclear program.
March 05, 2008 The Herald Sun
	Iran wants world ban on nuclear weapons -- IRAN wants to ban all nuclear weapons through an international treaty, the country's foreign minister said at the UN's Conference on Disarmament.
March 04, 2008 The New York Times
	Security Council Adds Sanctions Against Iran -- The Security Council on Monday adopted its third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its refusal to cease enriching uranium, an activity that the West suspects Iran may be using to create fuel for a nuclear weapon.
March 03, 2008 International Atomic Energy Agency
	Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors -- [T]he one outstanding issue that is relevant to Iran´s past activities is the so-called alleged studies involving possible weaponization activities...however, [] the Agency has not detected the use of nuclear material in connection with the alleged studies, nor does it have credible information in this regard.
March 03, 2008 The New York Times
	Meeting on Arms Data Reignites Iran Debate -- The display of new and newly declassified information is part of the latest effort to pressure Iran to disclose information about its past atomic activities and offer proof that its current program is benign.
March 02, 2008 BBC News
	Iran leader in landmark Iraq trip -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has received a warm welcome in Baghdad on the first ever visit to Iraq by an Iranian president.
February 29, 2008 Inter Press Service
	POLITICS: Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group -- The George W. Bush administration has long pushed the "laptop documents"...as hard evidence of Iranian intentions to build a nuclear weapon...But those documents have long been regarded with great suspicion by U.S. and foreign analysts.
February 26, 2008 Disarmament Activist
	Playing for time -- What is with the IAEA? Last August, it appeared that the agency had at last arrived at a workplan protocol with Iran which, if Iran dotted its ‘p’s and ‘q’s, could final emerge from the cycle of reports and sanctions that have dogged it since early 2006. Instead, the IAEA appears increasingly unwilling to close the book on Iran, even though it is unclear at this late date what material information, or deficit of information, is holding the agency back.
February 25, 2008 Inter Press Service
	IRAN/UAE: US Efforts to Scuttle Economic Ties Fail -- Iran and the United Arab Emirates have begun top level talks to boost economic relations despite efforts by the United States to disrupt trade ties and an unresolved territorial dispute over the three strategic islands of Abu Mousa, the Lesser and the Greater Tunb in the Strait of Hormuz.
February 25, 2008 Inter Press Service
	POLITICS-US: Neo-cons Fine-Tune Iran Angle -- A new report published by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) think-tank purports to show the reach and scope of Iranian influence across the Middle East, but stops short of drawing conclusions about Tehran's intentions or grand strategy.
February 21, 2008 Fort Bragg Advocate-News
	Four of five council members approve anti-war resolution -- "The initial request was made by Global Exchange, a membership-based, international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world," said staff reports.