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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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Breaking News Tens Of Thousands

Breaking News: Tens of Thousands Protest Americans in Baghdad Tens of thousands of Shiites came out Saturday to Firdaws Square in downtown Baghdad to protest […]

Juan Cole

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Protests Called For Saturday Against

Protests Called For Saturday Against

Protests Called for Saturday Against US Troop Presence Wire services and Arab News report: “In the main southern city of Basra, three masked men shot […]

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Jaafari Appointed Prime Minister Jalal

Jaafari Appointed Prime Minister Jalal

Jaafari Appointed Prime Minister Jalal Talabani appears to have had a senior moment of some magnitude. In the course of announcing that Ibrahim Jaafari will […]

Juan Cole

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Mahdi Army Still Factor Anthony Shadid

Mahdi Army Still Factor Anthony Shadid

Mahdi Army still a Factor Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post continues his world-beating coverage of Iraq with an article on the reemergence of the […]

Juan Cole

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Cairo Blast At Khan Al Khalili

Cairo Blast At Khan Al Khalili

Cairo Blast at Khan al-Khalili The analysis of the bombing of a tourist area of Cairo, which killed 4 and wounded 18 on Thursday given […]

Juan Cole

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New York Times Supports Mccarthyite

New York Times Supports Mccarthyite

New York Times Supports McCarthyite Witch Hunt I am cancelling my subscription to the New York Times, and I urge others to do the same. […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Less Popular Than Dick Nixon

Bush Less Popular Than Dick Nixon

Bush Less Popular than Dick Nixon Could Iraq be the undoing of both major political parties that backed the war in the West? President Bush […]

Juan Cole

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Provincial Elections Stir Trouble My

Provincial Elections Stir Trouble My

Provincial Elections Stir Trouble My comments on the Lehrer News Hour about the implications of the formation of a presidency council are now online. I […]

Juan Cole

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Yalla Ya Jamaah Hurry Up Folks

Yalla Ya Jamaah Hurry Up Folks

Yalla Ya Jama’ah (Hurry up, folks!) The Department of Defense is having difficulty, according to Fred Kaplan at Slate, in coming up with a policy […]

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