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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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Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

Palestinian child in the Cross-hairs (Israeli soldier photo on Instagram)

An Israeli soldier posted on Instagram a picture of a Palestinian child in the crosshairs. The soldier said that he found the picture on the […]

Juan Cole

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Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

Minimum Wage: Beggaring Workers does not Help Employment (Infographics)

There is no place in the United States where a minimum wage worker working 40 hours a week can afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment. […]

Juan Cole

al-Qaeda
Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Why there Were no CIA Torture Black Sites in Latin America (Grandin)

Greg Grandin writes at Tomdispatch.com: The map tells the story.  To illustrate a damning new report, “Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detentions and Extraordinary Rendition,” recently […]

Juan Cole

Egypt
Christian woman in Egypt Shoe-whacks Salafi Fundamentalist for Calling her a Harlot (Photo)

Christian woman in Egypt Shoe-whacks Salafi Fundamentalist for Calling her a Harlot (Photo)

Last December at a protest against Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi in Egypt, it is alleged that an unveiled Christian woman was standing with other demonstrators […]

Juan Cole

Energy
Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire:  Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington

Holding Obama’s Feet to the Fire: Protest against Climate Change Draws Thousands to Washington

The ‘Forward on Climate’ protest drew some 40,000 demonstrators to Washington, DC, on Sunday. Although the press tended to cast it as mainly a rally […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Leader:  Having Nukes is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ – US Sanctions Actually Target Fuel Enrichment

Iran Leader: Having Nukes is ‘Crime Against Humanity’ – US Sanctions Actually Target Fuel Enrichment

The USG Open Source Center translated the entirety of Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s speech in Tehran to Tabrizis on Saturday. In it, Khamenei for […]

Juan Cole

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Libya Marchin' On, 2 years Later

Libya Marchin’ On, 2 years Later

Marchin’ On in honor of the second anniversary of the beinning of the Libyan uprising:

Juan Cole

Arab World
Formerly Liberal Kuwait has started Jailing Dissident Bloggers (Kinninmont)

Formerly Liberal Kuwait has started Jailing Dissident Bloggers (Kinninmont)

    Jane Kinninmont writes for ISLAMiCommentary Kuwait has traditionally had the greatest freedom of speech of all the Gulf monarchies, as well as having […]

Juan Cole

Israel
Israel Spy Scandal and Press Censorship

Israel Spy Scandal and Press Censorship

Russia Today reports on the scandal surrounding the mysterious death in prison of Ben Zygier, an Australian who had been recruited into Israeli intelligence, Mossad. […]

Juan Cole

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