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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Iran
Iran:  Rise In Youth just living together -- Gov't rails Against 'White Marriage'

Iran: Rise In Youth just living together — Gov’t rails Against ‘White Marriage’

By Golnaz Esfandiari (RFL/RE) | — Raana and Hamed have been living together for four years. They eat together. They both contribute to the household […]

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Coal
Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix

Solar Power in US doubles in 2014, Wind now 4% of Energy Mix

By Juan Cole | — Compared to Germany and Spain, the United States is woefully backward in its development of wind, solar and other renewable […]

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African-Americans
Police Accountability more important than Bodycams

Police Accountability more important than Bodycams

By Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Human Rights Watch Yesterday’s grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case in New York City – the second in just […]

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Iraq
Iraq Fail:  Shiite Gov't asks Sunni tribe to fight ISIL, but Sentences Politician from Tribe to Death

Iraq Fail: Shiite Gov’t asks Sunni tribe to fight ISIL, but Sentences Politician from Tribe to Death

By Mustafa Habib | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) While members of the Sunni Muslim al-Bu Ulwan tribe were fighting extremists in the Anbar province, alongside the […]

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Elections
Will the next Israeli Gov't be even more Far Right & Colonial?

Will the next Israeli Gov’t be even more Far Right & Colonial?

By Mitchell Plitnick (IPS) | — The Israeli government is headed for yet another round of elections. Although the official election date for the next […]

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African-Americans
Top 5 ways US treatment of African-Americans resembles Apartheid South Africa

Top 5 ways US treatment of African-Americans resembles Apartheid South Africa

By Juan Cole | — From 1949 though the early 1990s, South Africa was ruled by an Afrikaner Apartheid regime that made race the basis […]

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Environment
Massive Oil spill from major pipeline threatens Israel nature reserve

Massive Oil spill from major pipeline threatens Israel nature reserve

AFP | — “A major pipeline leak has caused oil to gush into the Arava desert in southern Israel, threatening a protected nature reserve, officials […]

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Iraq
Threatened by ISIL/Daesh, Kurds Maneuver between Baghdad and Ankara

Threatened by ISIL/Daesh, Kurds Maneuver between Baghdad and Ankara

Iraqi Kurds Seek Greater Balance between Ankara and Baghdad By Mohammed A. Salih ERBIL, Dec 4 2014 (IPS) – After a period of frostiness, Iraq’s […]

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Barack Obama
Why SecDef Hagel is Really Out:  As usual, the War Party Won

Why SecDef Hagel is Really Out: As usual, the War Party Won

By Tom Engelhardt (Tomdispatch.com) It was the end of the road for Chuck Hagel last week and the Washington press corps couldn’t have been more […]

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