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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

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Starving Americans Out Someone In Green

Starving Americans Out Someone In Green

Starving the Americans Out Someone in the Green Zone leaked the following memo, which shows that US personnel are now actually facing difficulties in getting […]

Juan Cole

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Dems Blink On Timetable New Iraq Plan

Dems Blink On Timetable New Iraq Plan

Dems Blink on Timetable; New Iraq Plan on the Ground The Democratic leadership in the House and Senate blinked on a troop withdrawal timetable today. […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Effort To Amend Constitution Founders

Effort To Amend Constitution Founders

Effort to Amend Constitution Founders Again Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Iraqi parliamentarians proved unable to agree on key constitutional compromises. The sticking points included […]

Juan Cole

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Usg Defends Haleh After Many Days Of

Usg Defends Haleh After Many Days Of

USG Defends Haleh After many days of silence, the US government finally spoke out on Tuesday against the absurd charges lodged by the Iranian government […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Chart Of Enemy Attacks In Iraq Here Is

Chart Of Enemy Attacks In Iraq Here Is

Chart of Enemy Attacks in Iraq Here is a chart of guerrilla attacks in Iraq since 2003 through April 2007. It is from a GAO […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Cole Interview Of Ali Allawi In

Cole Interview Of Ali Allawi In

Cole interview of Ali Allawi in Chronicle My interview with Ali Allawi, author of The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace is […]

Juan Cole

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Parliament Building Shelled Iraqi

Parliament Building Shelled Iraqi

Parliament Building Shelled Iraqi Military Makes Plans for If the US Suddenly Decamps Gulf States Fear Iraqi Violence Guerrilla mortar shells hit the Iraqi parliament […]

Juan Cole

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Esfandiari Charged With Serious Crime

Esfandiari Charged With Serious Crime

Esfandiari charged with Serious Crime The Iranian government has now charged detained Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari with trying to overthrow the current regime, according to […]

Juan Cole

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Lebanon Crisis Veteran Reporter

Lebanon Crisis Veteran Reporter

Lebanon Crisis Veteran reporter Nicholas Blanford explains what is happening in Lebanon. 1. Fath al-Islam is a splinter guerrilla group established last December that has […]

Juan Cole

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