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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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Salon Article On Iraq Strife My

Salon Article On Iraq Strife My

Salon Article on Iraq Strife My article on the bombing campaign and increased ethnic strife in Iraq is at Melting pot of blood, is at […]

Juan Cole

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Secret British Memo Shows Bush Tampered with Iraq Intelligence

Secret British Memo Shows Bush Tampered with Iraq Intelligence

Secret British Memo Shows Bush Tampered with Iraq Intelligence A top secret British memorandum dated 23 July 2002 was leaked in the run-up to yesterday’s […]

Juan Cole

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30 Killed In Bombings In Iraq Dozens

30 Killed In Bombings In Iraq Dozens

30 Killed in Bombings in Iraq, Dozens Wounded Ash-Sharq al-Awsat estimates the number of dead in Iraq from bombings and attacks in Iraq on Thursday […]

Juan Cole

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Irbil Toll Rises To 60 Dead 100

Irbil Toll Rises To 60 Dead 100

Irbil toll Rises to 60 dead, 100 Wounded The death toll in Wednesday morning’s Irbil bombing has risen to 60, with 150 wounded, according to […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Shiite Rioting At Baghdad

Sunni Shiite Rioting At Baghdad

Sunni-Shiite Rioting at Baghdad University Sunni, Kurdish Recriminations on Cabinet A riot broke out at Baghdad University on Tuesday and continued Wednesday, pitting furious Shiite […]

Juan Cole

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Al Libi Captured Capture Of Abu Faraj

Al Libi Captured Capture Of Abu Faraj

Al-Libi Captured The capture of Abu Faraj al-Libi, a high al-Qaeda operative, in Pakistan is further proof that if you are interested in a “war” […]

Juan Cole

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Franklin Arrested Pentagon Official

Franklin Arrested Pentagon Official

Franklin Arrested Pentagon official Lawrence Franklin has been arrested and charged by the FBI with having shown classified documents to two officials of the American […]

Juan Cole

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Breaking News 50 Dead In Irbil Bombing

Breaking News 50 Dead In Irbil Bombing

Breaking News: 50 Dead in Irbil Bombing, 100 Wounded A man with high explosives on his person detonated his payload in the midst of a […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Vp Boycotts Swearing In Ceremony

Sunni Vp Boycotts Swearing In Ceremony

Sunni VP Boycotts Swearing-In Ceremony 8 US Troops Wounded at Qaim and Ramadi, Dozens of Iraqis Killed Iraq’s government was sworn in on Tuesday. But […]

Juan Cole

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