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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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Deputy Governor Of Basra Assassinated

Deputy Governor of Basra Assassinated AFP reports that guerrillas shot and killed Hazem Ainachi in Basra on Tuesday morning as he got in his car […]

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Iran In Bushs Sights Same Techniques

Iran In Bushs Sights Same Techniques

Iran in Bush’s Sights The same techniques used to get up the Iraq war are now being applied by the political Right in the United […]

Juan Cole

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Fresh Wave Of Violence In Iraq Leaves

Fresh Wave Of Violence In Iraq Leaves

Fresh Wave of Violence in Iraq Leaves 10 Dead, 62 Wounded Reuters reports that a suicide bomber set off a massive explosion by targeting a […]

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Guest Editorial Pressman On Wall Today

Guest Editorial Pressman On Wall Today

Guest Editorial: Pressman on The Wall Today we feature two guest editorials on the Israeli security wall, which is being built largely on Palestinian territory […]

Juan Cole

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Beinin Guest Editorial Us Congress

Beinin Guest Editorial Us Congress

Beinin Guest Editorial: The US Congress Defies the World Court Our second guest editorial on the issue of the Wall is by the distinguished academic […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtadas Newspaper Reopens Al Hawzah

Muqtadas Newspaper Reopens Al Hawzah

Muqtada’s Newspaper Reopens Al-Hawzah, the newspaper of the radical young Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, will be allowed to publish again. The decision was taken by […]

Juan Cole

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Rockefeller On Feith Upi Runs Guest

Rockefeller On Feith Upi Runs Guest

Rockefeller on Feith UPI runs a guest editorial by Greg Guma that signals a long-delayed outbreak of public candor in the US print press about […]

Juan Cole

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Airstrike On Fallujah Leaves 14 Dead

Airstrike On Fallujah Leaves 14 Dead

Airstrike on Fallujah Leaves 14 Dead Bombing in Tikrit, Kidnappings in Kirkuk AP reports that 14 died and 7 were wounded in an American airstrike […]

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15 Killed Including Us Soldier Dozens

15 Killed Including Us Soldier Dozens

15 Killed, including a US Soldier; Dozens Wounded Minister of Justice Narrowly Escapes Guerrillas attempted but failed to assassinate the Iraqi Minister of Justice, Malik […]

Juan Cole

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