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Death of a Director:  Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema
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Death of a Director: Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema

Fariba Amini

After much struggle with censorship and pressure, he finally left Iran in 2010

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“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

12/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

12/30/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

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Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama's Negotiating Style

Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style

The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But […]

Juan Cole

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Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama's Negotiating Style

Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style

The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But […]

Juan Cole

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Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, […]

Juan Cole

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Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"

John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail

Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . […]

Juan Cole

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Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, […]

Juan Cole

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Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast

A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, […]

Juan Cole

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Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Speculation on Whether Abdullah will Join National Unity Government; MPs call for US withdrawal

Matthew Green of the FT, reporting from Kabul, suggests that Abdullah Abdullah may still be open to a post in Hamid Karzai’s cabinet. That outcome […]

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