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French raid on Mujahideen Khalq welcomed by Tehran Police seize dozens ­ and $1.3 million Compiled by Daily Star staff Tehran thanked Paris for clamping down on Mujahideen Khalq activists in France Tuesday as the Iranian clergy?s fight against dissidents at home spilled over to exile communities in Europe. Up to 165 members of Iran?s largest opposition group were arrested in the surprise raids in 13 sites north and west of Paris. Among those arrested was a top symbol of the group, Maryam Rajavi, the wife of Iraq-based mujahideen leader Massoud Rajavi, as well as Rajavi?s brother, Saleh. US currency...

U.S., Iran Hold Direct Talks in Geneva 2 hours, 16 minutes ago Add Top Stories - Reuters to My Yahoo! By Jonathan Wright JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. and Iranian officials met face to face in Geneva "very recently" to talk about Iran's neighbors Iraq (news - web sites) and Afghanistan (news - web sites), where the United States has a military presence, a U.S. official said on Saturday. The meeting took place with the help of the United Nations (news - web sites) but only the U.S. and Iranian officials were present, he said. Iran and United States have met...

An Iranian opposition group said yesterday that it had captured four Iranian Revolutionary Guard commanders in the eastern Iraqi city of Mandali. The claim came amid White House demands that Iran not interfere in Iraq as it struggles toward democracy after years of brutal dictatorship. "We've made clear to Iran that we would oppose any outside organization's interference in Iraq's road to democracy," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. "Infiltration of agents to destabilize the Shi'ite population clearly fall into that category." The People's Mojahedin of Iran claimed it had captured the four commanders of the Iranian 3rd Brigade after...