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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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Israel-backed Group covertly Targeted US Campuses w/ Facebook Ads re: Pro-Palestinian Activist

Israel-backed Group covertly Targeted US Campuses w/ Facebook Ads re: Pro-Palestinian Activist

The well-funded group behind the campaign, the Israel On Campus Coalition, has links to the Israeli government.

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Dear Carolinas:  You can't Outlaw Storm Surges & Climate Crisis; Physics isn't Interested in Your Laws

Dear Carolinas: You can’t Outlaw Storm Surges & Climate Crisis; Physics isn’t Interested in Your Laws

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – There has been a flurry of irony-heavy articles about how the North Carolina, Republican-dominated state legislature, in 2012 forbade state-employed […]

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Syria: Dutch Gov't Prosecuted Levantine Front Member, then Admitted they Supported It

Syria: Dutch Gov’t Prosecuted Levantine Front Member, then Admitted they Supported It

The government of the Netherlands is facing widespread criticism from lawmakers and citizens after it was revealed it had supported a Syrian rebel group, which […]

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Iran
Can Iran get around Trump’s Coming Embargo of its Petroleum?

Can Iran get around Trump’s Coming Embargo of its Petroleum?

Tehran (AFP) – Iran faces a potentially crushing loss of oil exports when US sanctions return in November, but the impact could be blunted by […]

Eric Randolph

censorship
Today, Europe Lost the Internet.  Now, We Fight Back

Today, Europe Lost the Internet. Now, We Fight Back

( Electronic Frontier Foundation) – Today, in a vote that split almost every major EU party, Members of the European Parliament adopted every terrible proposal […]

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Israel/ Palestine
UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite

UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite

Geneva (AFP) – The UN said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza was “catastrophic” after 11 years of “economic siege” and warned that Washington’s decision […]

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Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int'l Criminal Court

Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int’l Criminal Court

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – National Security Adviser John Bolton appears to be spiraling down into the same miasma of madness that possesses other members […]

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Iran
After Mobs Burn Iran Consulate in Basra, US Blames, Threatens Iran for Iraqi Attacks on US Facilities

After Mobs Burn Iran Consulate in Basra, US Blames, Threatens Iran for Iraqi Attacks on US Facilities

London (Middle East Monitors) – The United States warned Iran on Tuesday it will “respond swiftly and decisively” to any attacks by Tehran’s allies in […]

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Global Heating Boosts Hurricane Florence, as Climate Denialist Governors Urge 1.5 Million to Flee

Global Heating Boosts Hurricane Florence, as Climate Denialist Governors Urge 1.5 Million to Flee

(Watchers.news) – The National Weather Service has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for portions of the coasts of North and South Carolina on September […]

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