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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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Killing for Coal (Literally)

Killing for Coal (Literally)

(Otherwords.org) – Shocking as this sounds, the U.S. government is — by its own admission — willing to murder up to 1,600 Americans a year […]

Basav Sen

China
China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan

China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – China’s new futures market in Shanghai is trading in the Chinese currency, the Yuan, rather than dollars. One reason for […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Public on Trump: 60%: Disapprove; 49%: Impeach! 53%; Guilty of Obstruction!

Public on Trump: 60%: Disapprove; 49%: Impeach! 53%; Guilty of Obstruction!

Washington (AFP) – Sixty percent of Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job performance and nearly half support impeachment, according to an opinion poll published […]

AFP

Israel/ Palestine
US Ends Funding for UN Palestinian Refugee Agency

US Ends Funding for UN Palestinian Refugee Agency

Washington (AFP) – The United States announced it was halting funding for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees Friday after declaring the organization was […]

Francesco Fontemaggi

Israel/ Palestine
Singer Lana Del Rey cancels Israel Show after Boycott Pressure

Singer Lana Del Rey cancels Israel Show after Boycott Pressure

Jerusalem (AFP) – American singer Lana Del Rey said Friday she was postponing a performance in Israel after failing to set up a show “in […]

AFP

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In Epochal Shift, California Votes for 100% Green Electricity by 2045

In Epochal Shift, California Votes for 100% Green Electricity by 2045

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This week, the California state legislature voted to mandate that all the state’s electricity come from non-carbon sources (chiefly wind, […]

Juan Cole

Republican Party
McCain & GOP: How Christian Right, Tea Party & Iraq War Blunder Marginalized Him

McCain & GOP: How Christian Right, Tea Party & Iraq War Blunder Marginalized Him

By Elizabeth Sherman | – Arizona Sen. John McCain – scion of Navy brass, flyboy turned Vietnam war hero and tireless defender of American global […]

The Conversation

Iran
Despite Trump’s Violation of it, Iran is Still Abiding by Nuclear Deal, UN Says

Despite Trump’s Violation of it, Iran is Still Abiding by Nuclear Deal, UN Says

Vienna (AFP) – Iran is sticking to the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Thursday, despite ongoing […]

AFP

Israel Lobbies
Aljazeera Documentary: Israel Lobbies Staging Fake Rallies, Spying on Americans

Aljazeera Documentary: Israel Lobbies Staging Fake Rallies, Spying on Americans

London (Middle East Monitor) – Leaked excerpts from a censored Aljazeera documentary, released this week, have offered a glimpse into the workings of pro-Israeli lobby […]

Middle East Monitor

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