Bad blood: Armenia’s Kurds, Yezidis at loggerheads over identity issues
By Gayane Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Armenia’s two ethnic minority groups have revealed their strong differences over matters of identity as their leaders held rival press conferences on Thursday, accusing each other of misrepresentation and being misleading.
The living conditions of Iran’s Arab population
Posted on 11 March 2010
By Loghman Ahmadi
March 11, 2010, 8:51 am
At the same time as the Islamic Republic of Iran sends millions of dollars to extremist Arab organizations in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq 
Iran warns neighbors over U.S. presence in the Gulf
Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:09am EST
(Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Gulf countries on Thursday against the U.S. presence in the region, saying Washington aimed to dominate their energy resources in the name of fighting terrorism.
As long as Iraq abides by constitution we’re Iraqis: Kurdistan Region president
Thursday, 11 March 2010, 12:11 EST
The tricky process of coalition building in Iraq is underway while the country awaits the preliminary results of the recent parliamentary 
elections.
The role of Iran beneath the surface of the election in Iraq
March 9, 2010, 9:27 am
On Sunday Iraqis voted in the country’s parliamentary election and according to early reports no party, or blocs of parties, managed to win enough votes to be able to form a single-majority government.
Iran’s support to the Taliban – Ahmedinejad in Afghanistan
March 10, 2010, 12:05 pm
Iran’s selected president, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, is currently in Afghanistan to meet with Afghan president Hamid Karzai. During a 
Iran angry at Germany’s release of opposition Kurd
Associated Press
Iran has summoned the German ambassador to Tehran to protest the release of the head of an Iranian Kurdish opposition group.
Kurds’ desire for change could upset Iraq’s governing order
Patrick Martin
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq — From Friday’s Globe and Mail Published on Thursday, Mar. 04, 2010 10:29PM EST
They fought Saddam Hussein and they have fought each other. But Jalal Talabani
U.S. rewards companies that deal with Iran
Jo Becker and Ron Nixon, The New York Times
The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and loans over the last decade to foreign and multinational U.S. companies while they were doing business in Iran, despite Washington’s efforts to discourage investment there, 
records show.
Vitol, World’s biggest oil trader ends supplies to Iran
LONDON — The largest oil trader in the world, Vitol, said Monday it had stopped dealing with Iran, following a report that traders were pulling out of the country as sanctions and US pressure took their toll.
