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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Bowing to Saudi Pressure, Trump stops UN Yemen Ceasefire (-CNN)

Bowing to Saudi Pressure, Trump stops UN Yemen Ceasefire (-CNN)

Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, “threw a fit” when presented with an early draft of the document

Juan Cole

workers
Somehow Despite Trump “Tax Cut,” GM to fire 15% of Workers, Shutter Plants

Somehow Despite Trump “Tax Cut,” GM to fire 15% of Workers, Shutter Plants

Sen. Sherrod Brown said, “The company reaped a massive tax break from GOP tax bill and failed to invest that money in American jobs,.”

AFP

UAE
Emirates Bows to Int’l Pressure, Releases Jailed UK Ph.D. Student

Emirates Bows to Int’l Pressure, Releases Jailed UK Ph.D. Student

Hunt said on BBC radio of the spying charges: “We have never seen any evidence that they are true”

AFP

Corruption
‘Blue Wave’ Dems in House to Probe Trump Money ties to Saudis & Russians

‘Blue Wave’ Dems in House to Probe Trump Money ties to Saudis & Russians

Adam Schiff accused Trump of being “dishonest” about role of Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

AFP

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We can Break Saudi Arabia's Hold over the US by Driving Electric Cars

We can Break Saudi Arabia’s Hold over the US by Driving Electric Cars

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has openly and consistently given Saudi control of oil prices as the reason for which he doesn’t want to […]

Juan Cole

Feminism
Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence

Syrian Kurdish Women March to End Gender-Based Violence

“Women must organise and reach decision-making positions”

AFP

Climate Change
Climate Crisis:  Wildfire Smoke is Becoming Nationwide Health Threat

Climate Crisis: Wildfire Smoke is Becoming Nationwide Health Threat

By Richard E. Peltier | – (The Conversation) – The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from […]

The Conversation

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Squatters in West Bank uproot 1,000 Palestinian Olive Trees a Month (800,000 since 1967)

Israeli Squatters in West Bank uproot 1,000 Palestinian Olive Trees a Month (800,000 since 1967)

Israeli settlers uprooted dozens of olive trees, on Saturday, near Turmusayya village near Ramallah

Maan News Agency

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Free Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi

Saudi Arabia: Free Dr. Hatoon al-Fassi

His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud King of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the two Holy Mosques Fax: (via Ministry of the Interior) […]

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