Iran

• Fed Up With the Taliban, Pakistan Expels Masses of Afghans - Labeling Afghans a national security threat, Pakistan has forced out about a million this year, depriving them of a haven from Afghanistan’s turmoil.
• In brief glimpses of Tehran, an AP journalist sees a changing and challenged Iran - As you enter Iran’s capital, it starts with only occasional glimpses — a passenger in a car speeding by or a pedestrian trying to leapfrog through Tehran’s notorious traffic. More and more, Iranian women choose to forgo the country’s manda
• Ballistic missiles launched from Iran towards Kurdistan region of Iraq - The Islamic Republic has denied that it launched an attack. Ballistic missiles from Iran were launched towards the Kurdistan region of Iraq.