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Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?
Donald Trump

Do UN “Snapback” Sanctions really Matter to the Iranian Economy and its Nuclear Program?

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The E3 — France, Britain and Germany — successfully led a bid at the UN Security Council Friday to reimpose […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

Jimmy Kimmel’s Reinstatement shows the Power of Noncooperation

09/28/2025 By Waging Nonviolence

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

The Path to Genocide is protected by the International Community

09/28/2025 By Ramona Wadi

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Unsustainable:  The American Empire Project and the Health of the Planet (Engelhardt)

Unsustainable: The American Empire Project and the Health of the Planet (Engelhardt)

Tom Engelhardt writes at Tomdispatch.com It stretched from the Caspian to the Baltic Sea, from the middle of Europe to the Kurile Islands in the […]

Juan Cole

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The Worst Places to be a mother-- Save the Children

The Worst Places to be a mother– Save the Children

Save the Children has issued its annual report on mothers and newborns. The best place to be a mother? Finland! The worst? The Congo. Save […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Israeli Airstrike on Syria ups the Ante, Draws Iran Threats

Israeli Airstrike on Syria ups the Ante, Draws Iran Threats

The Syrian response to Sunday’s Israeli air strike on Damascus, which killed 42, was twofold. Beleagured President Bashar al-Assad announced that soldiers manning the country’s […]

Juan Cole

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 Alabina, "Habibi ya Nour el Ain" (Music Video)

Alabina, “Habibi ya Nour el Ain” (Music Video)

Some Spanish lyrics, some Arabic. In medieval Arabic poetry this genre was called mulamma`at. Alabina, “Habibi ya Nour el Ain,” rare version As This source […]

Juan Cole

China
China and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Enter the Dragon?

China and the Israel-Palestine Conflict: Enter the Dragon?

This video report on China’s new interest in Middle East diplomacy begins by pointing out that the Obama administration has announced a pivot toward Asia […]

Juan Cole

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UN has strong suspicions Syrian Rebels used Sarin Gas

UN has strong suspicions Syrian Rebels used Sarin Gas

A UN commission unvestigating the situation in Syria has strong, concrete suspicions that Syrian rebels used sarin gas, but does not have firm proof, according […]

Juan Cole

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BS Happens: Parody of 24/7 Cable News

BS Happens: Parody of 24/7 Cable News

Parody of 24-hour cable news from The Onion that that nails it:

Juan Cole

Israel/Palestine
Israeli, Hizbullah Proxy War in Syria

Israeli, Hizbullah Proxy War in Syria

Israel and Lebanon’s Hizbullah, who fought a war in 2006, are increasingly being drawn into a proxy war in Lebanon. Hizbullah supports the Baath regime […]

Juan Cole

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Shiraz, Iran:  Timelapse Video

Shiraz, Iran: Timelapse Video

Timelapse of scenes of Shiraz, Iran. The southwestern city is known for its poets and shrines to poets and gardens and, in the old days, […]

Juan Cole

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