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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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Nearly 60 Dead 80 Wounded In Bombings

Nearly 60 Dead, 80 Wounded in Bombings, Assassinations 34,000 Shiites Have Fled Guerrilla violence killed 25 in Iraq on Monday, 10 of them in a […]

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Dahab Bombings Did Not Involve

Dahab Bombings Did Not Involve

Dahab Bombings did Not Involve Kamikazes Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reports that Egyptian police are saying that the Sinai resort bombings on Monday do not appear to […]

Juan Cole

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John Fund Libel Of Juan Cole Still Not

John Fund Libel Of Juan Cole Still Not

John Fund Libel of Juan Cole Still Not Retracted John Fund of the Wall Street Journal attacked me in a column on Monday in which […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News Bombing At Dahab 30_24

Breaking News Bombing At Dahab 30_24

Breaking News: Bombing at Dahab 30 appear to be dead, 100 wounded in the bombings of a Red Sea resort. Although Egyptian secret police have […]

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Fund Smears Cole With Barrage Of Lies

Fund Smears Cole With Barrage Of Lies

Fund Smears Cole with Barrage of Lies John Fund of the Wall Street Journal editorial page has published a large number of falsehoods about me. […]

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Bin Laden Urges Jihad In Sudan In

Bin Laden Urges Jihad In Sudan In

Bin Laden Urges Jihad in Sudan In another reminder that George W. Bush has still not caught the man responsible for September 11, while he […]

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3 Gis Slain 27 Iraqis Slavery Revived

3 Gis Slain 27 Iraqis Slavery Revived

3 GIs Slain, 27 Iraqis Slavery Revived by Contractors on US Military Bases A car bomb aimed at a police patrol in Baghdad killed three […]

Juan Cole

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All Right Not All Right Today At

All Right Not All Right Today At

All Right, Not All Right Today at Informed Comment, we are going to play the game of “All Right, Not All Right,” known in Washington, […]

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President Talabani Asks Al Maliki To

President Talabani Asks Al Maliki To

President Talabani asks al-Maliki to Form a Government; 6 Dead in Sunday Mortar Barrage; 5 US Troops, 26 Iraqis Killed Saturday The guerrilla movement replied […]

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