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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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The "Iran deal": when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side

The “Iran deal”: when American and Iranian arch-conservatives are on the same side

By Kourosh Ziabari | (OpenDemocracy.net) The domestic critics of the Iran deal and its Republican misanthropists in the United States are making a similar mistake. […]

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Displaced and Refugees
Anger as Israel begins deportation of African Refugees

Anger as Israel begins deportation of African Refugees

By Tanja R. Müller | (The Conversation) | – – Around 20,000 Israelis and African migrants took to the streets in Tel Aviv on February […]

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Europe's big Plans for Iran Trade announce Independence from Trump's Washington

Europe’s big Plans for Iran Trade announce Independence from Trump’s Washington

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Despite the significant economic problems Iran faces, and despite the real problems in unequal income distribution, […]

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Dr. Strangelove in the 21st Century: Trump’s Pentagon lowers Nuclear Threshold

Dr. Strangelove in the 21st Century: Trump’s Pentagon lowers Nuclear Threshold

( Tomdispatch.com) – If you’re having trouble sleeping thanks to, well, you know who… you’re not alone. But don’t despair. A breakthrough remedy has just […]

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Could Trump's Fragile Ego spark Korean or Iran War?

Could Trump’s Fragile Ego spark Korean or Iran War?

By Bandy X. Lee and Jeffrey D. Sachs | (Project Syndicate) | – – Donald Trump is not the first leader with a severe personality […]

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Priests close Church of Holy Sepulchre over Israeli "attack on Christians"

Priests close Church of Holy Sepulchre over Israeli “attack on Christians”

Middle East Monitor | – – Church leaders in Jerusalem shut the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday in protest at a new Israeli […]

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UN Security Council calls for 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria's East Ghouta

UN Security Council calls for 30-Day Ceasefire in Syria’s East Ghouta

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The United Nations Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for a 30-day ceasefire between the […]

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Saudi Arabia, UN Human Rights Council Member, Continues Rights Crackdown

Saudi Arabia, UN Human Rights Council Member, Continues Rights Crackdown

By Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) an independent, non-profit organisation that promotes freedom of expression, association and peaceful […]

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Bashar al-Assad
Rescuers say cannot keep up with air strikes battering Syria’s Ghouta

Rescuers say cannot keep up with air strikes battering Syria’s Ghouta

Middle East Monitor | – – Rescuers in Syria’s eastern Ghouta said the bombing would not let up long enough for them to count the […]

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