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

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Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists

Palestinians say Israel trying to Silence Media, by Attacking Journalists

The USG Open Source Center translates articles from the Arabic on the Israeli attack on newspapers and journalists in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians Say Israel […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)

Iran Sanctions may be ‘Crippling,’ but they are not ‘Working’ (Cher)

Ladan Cher writes in a guest column for Informed Comment On Iran and sanctions, a necessary clarification: “Crippling” is not synonymous for “working” In the […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Top Ten Myths about Israeli Attack on Gaza

Top Ten Myths about Israeli Attack on Gaza

1. Israeli hawks represent themselves as engaged in a ‘peace process’ with the Palestinians in which Hamas refuses to join. In fact, Israel has refused […]

Juan Cole

Environment
If You are 27 or younger, you've never lived through a colder than average month (Bump)

If You are 27 or younger, you’ve never lived through a colder than average month (Bump)

Paul Bump at Grist points out that The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported on global temperatures in October 2012 as follows: “The average temperature […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinian Civilians imperiled as 500 Israeli Strikes hit Gaza (Democracy Now!)

Palestinian Civilians imperiled as 500 Israeli Strikes hit Gaza (Democracy Now!)

Democracy Now! report: “”Nowhere to Run”: Israel Fires Over 500 Strikes in Gaza, Civilian Toll Grows in Humanitarian Crisis From the transcript: “MOHAMMED OMER: You’re […]

Juan Cole

Environment
Top Ten True costs of BP Gulf Oil Spill

Top Ten True costs of BP Gulf Oil Spill

BP yesterday agreed to pay a fine of some $4.5 billion dollars from the US Department of Justice for malfeasance in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon […]

Juan Cole

Iran
Candidate for CIA Chief Jane Harman Advocated Ethnic Breakup of Iran

Candidate for CIA Chief Jane Harman Advocated Ethnic Breakup of Iran

CNN lists former California representative Jane Harman, now head of the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., as a potential successor to Gen. David Petraeus as […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Wagging the Dog in Gaza: Netanyahu’s Skirmish of Fear (Sternfeld)

Wagging the Dog in Gaza: Netanyahu’s Skirmish of Fear (Sternfeld)

Lior Sternfeld writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Israel has embarked, with its Gaza attack, on the all-too-well-known elections routine. Before the 2009 […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Noam Chomsky on Gaza (Democracy Now!)

Noam Chomsky on Gaza (Democracy Now!)

At Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now!, Noam Chomsky discusses his recent trip to the Gaza Strip: Here is DM’s blurb for the piece: World-renowned political dissident, […]

Juan Cole

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