Iran

Controversial Shia Ritual Under Fire

Some Shia clerics are now recommending believers to donate their blood instead of shedding it in a ritual to commemorate the Imam Hussein.

22 Feb 05

An exile remembers a childhood in Iraq, and the fear that followed his family well beyond the country's borders.

22 Feb 05

Another multilateral organisation shattered by the Iraq war must consider how to pull itself together.

22 Feb 05

An appeal to the Iraqi opposition leader to address long-standing accusations of financial misdealing.

22 Feb 05

The conspirators of Dijail settled on a plan to rid the country of its dictator 22 years ago.

22 Feb 05

Kurdish villagers savour new-found freedoms following departure of the radical Ansar al-Islam group.

22 Feb 05

Religious groups are exploiting the power vacuum, raising the risk that Shia radicals could set the agenda in southern Iraq.

22 Feb 05

The White House is flirting with an armed Iranian organisation on its own "terrorist" blacklist.

22 Feb 05

A remarkable Iraqi volunteer group is helping families collect the remains of Saddam’s victims, and close a sad chapter in Iraqi history.

22 Feb 05

Unlike other parts of the country, this southern Iraqi city is supportive of Coalition soldiers in its midst.

22 Feb 05

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