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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East
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Trump’s Tweet isn’t Enough: Iran and the West must Deescalate the War in the Middle East

Farhang Jahanpour

Oxford (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – After thirty years of agitation, incitement, lies and provocation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally succeeded in […]

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

Who is Iran’s leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

06/24/2025 By The Conversation

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

For Most Palestinians in Gaza, Staying Hungry is better than Risking Life to get Aid

06/24/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Iran
Pakistan, Iran defy US Sanctions to Inaugurate Gas Pipeline

Pakistan, Iran defy US Sanctions to Inaugurate Gas Pipeline

Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Pakistani president Asaf Ali Zardari on Monday inaugurated a gas pipeline that will supply Pakistani cities with Iranian natural gas. […]

Juan Cole

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Uh, Segregated Buses aren't the Issue on the West Bank, Folks

Uh, Segregated Buses aren’t the Issue on the West Bank, Folks

Russia Today reports on the controversy over Israel’s segregated bus lines for Palestinians coming in and out of the West Bank. UAE’s The National has […]

Juan Cole

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Saudis gone Wild

Saudis gone Wild

Saudi revelers put the “fire” in “celebratory fire”:

Juan Cole

Energy
Japan on the Anniversary of Fukushima: Anger, Protests and Hope

Japan on the Anniversary of Fukushima: Anger, Protests and Hope

On the two-year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, 40,000 people rallied in downtown Tokyo against the current conservative government’s plans to start back up Japan’s […]

Juan Cole

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Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks

Karzai accuses Taliban of Serving US Interests, Slams (Non-Existent) US-Taliban Talks

Once again, the erratic president of Afghanistan, had US officials shaking their heads in disbelief after he gave a speech while Secretary of Defense Chuck […]

Juan Cole

Pakistan
Pakistan: Violence against Christian Neighborhood rooted in Blasphemy Law, Union Contest

Pakistan: Violence against Christian Neighborhood rooted in Blasphemy Law, Union Contest

On Sunday, Pakistani police rounded up 70 suspects in the mass arson attacks on Saturday on the Christian neighborhood of Joseph Colony on Noor Road […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Cairo Burning:  The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution

Cairo Burning: The Great Soccer Riots of 2013 and the Revolution

Some two thousand angry youth in Port Said attempted to block ferries and sent speedboats into the canal zone, aiming at disrupting shipping in the […]

Juan Cole

Syria
Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria:  Why don't We Hear More, Do More?

Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria: Why don’t We Hear More, Do More?

Oxfam says that the Syrian refugee crisis is ‘spiraling out of control’; Amy Christian reports: The Real News Network interviews Omar Dahi on this humanitarian […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Two Bombings Kill 18 As Hagel Arrives in Afghanistan

Two Bombings Kill 18 As Hagel Arrives in Afghanistan

The Taliban appear to have strategized embarrassing new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. As he arrived in Kabul on his first visit to Afghanistan, a […]

Juan Cole

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