BAGHDAD, May 1 (UPI) -- A delegation of senior Shiite leaders arrived in Iran Thursday to speak with top military officials there about the backing of so-called special groups.

WASHINGTON, April 9 (UPI) -- Doubling its ability to process nuclear fuel and brokering the Iraqi cease fire in Basra, Iran looms ever larer as a campaign issue for the U.S. elections.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- A top member of the Iraqi prime minister's party says a law governing oil reserves should be delayed until occupation forces leave the country.

BAGHDAD, April 21 (UPI) -- Political factions in Iraq's Parliament said Friday they would accept Jawad al-Maliki, a hard-line Shiite leader, as prime minister.