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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy
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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy

Juan Cole

Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

03/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

03/14/2026 By Human Rights Watch

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Pakistan
100,000 Children at Risk in Pakistan, Sindh Flooding Continues

100,000 Children at Risk in Pakistan, Sindh Flooding Continues

5 more villages were drowned in Sindh on Monday, and more people were cut off from the outside world by waters splashing down from a […]

Juan Cole

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Witches, Exorcisms, and Billionaire Pickpockets

Witches, Exorcisms, and Billionaire Pickpockets

Because the main point of the Republican Party is to throw more money to the super-rich, the poor thing has to find something else to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
50 Dead, 128 wounded in Iraq Attacks

50 Dead, 128 wounded in Iraq Attacks

As Iraq continues to muddle along with no new government all these months after the March 7 parliamentary elections, insurgents struck in the capital. The […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Davidson: Martin Peretz And The Dangers of Obsessive Love

Davidson: Martin Peretz And The Dangers of Obsessive Love

Lawrence Davidson writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Martin Peretz is editor-in-chief of The New Republic. He acquired that position by simply buying […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad as Cyrus the Great?

Ahmadinejad as Cyrus the Great?

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stopped off in Syria for consultations with his ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, this weekend, on his way to New York […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Light Turnout, Closed Polling Stations, Attacks Mar Afghanistan Elections

Light Turnout, Closed Polling Stations, Attacks Mar Afghanistan Elections

Turnout in the Afghanistan parliamentary elections was disappointingly light, some 40% below expectations, according to Euronews. Some 10 percent of polling stations that had been […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Elections face Violence, Kidnappings, Fraud

Afghanistan Elections face Violence, Kidnappings, Fraud

As Afghans went to the polls Saturday morning, Taliban slammed a rocket into the area of the capital where the Radio and Television building stands. […]

Juan Cole

Islamophobia
Dude, You Have no Quran

Dude, You Have no Quran

CNN reports on “Dude, you have no Quran!” And, of course: The Remix:

Juan Cole

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Fears of Election Fraud in Afghan Parliamentary Polls

Fears of Election Fraud in Afghan Parliamentary Polls

Saturday’s parliamentary elections in Afghanistan could end up causing more harm than good. No political parties can run because they still are not allowed in […]

Juan Cole

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