Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

Iranian forces ready to clear country of 'hooligans'

Jun. 22, 2009
Iranian protesters who "disturb the peace and stand up to security forces" will be considered a threat to the regime and will be met with a strong response, the country's Revolutionary Guard warned Monday.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Iranian officer captured in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A high-ranking member of Iran's security forces has been captured at Baghdad International Airport, U.S. military officials revealed Wednesday.

Iranian defense minister rattles saber

ISFAHAN, Iran, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Iranian defense officials Tuesday said the armed forces of the country were ready to deal with enemy threats, specifically in electronic warfare.

Iranian denies training Iraqi hit squads

LONDON, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Iranian special forces played no role in training Shiite militias in southern Iraq, a former Iranian military officer said in regard to U.S. claims.

Iranian guards kill PJAK militants

TABRIZ, Iran, July 7 (UPI) -- Iranian forces with the Revolutionary Guard killed a gunman thought to be affiliated with the militant Party of Free Life of Kurdistan in west Iran.

Iranian ships 'provoke' U.S. Navy

MANAMA, Bahrain, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Kevin Cosgriff said Monday five Iranian boats threatened three U.S. ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian forces in Iraq, says Rumsfeld

WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers are slipping into Iraq to meddle with that country's internal affairs and secur

Plane crash kills senior Iranians

TEHRAN, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Eleven senior officers of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards, including their ground force commander, died in an air crash Monday.

Iraqi Kurds protest Iran policies

BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Iraqi and Iranian Kurds Sunday protested Iranian policies they said mistreated Iranian Kurds.

Iran marks Revolutionary Guards Day

TEHRAN, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Gen. Yehya Safawi warned Wednesday his forces will crush any party attempting to undermine Iran's interests.

Report says Iran trains suicide bombers

LONDON, May 29 (UPI) -- Iran has reportedly established what could be the first training center for Islamic suicide attackers, the Middle East Newsline reported Sunday.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler