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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Cartoon:  Netanyahu Iran Bomb Warnings fall Flat at UN

Cartoon: Netanyahu Iran Bomb Warnings fall Flat at UN

Juan Cole

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Colbert Report: Obama’s Ottoman Conspiracy

Colbert Report: Obama’s Ottoman Conspiracy

Steve Colbert on Rep. Louie Gohmert’s crackpot allegation that Obama is resurrecting the Ottoman Empire The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor […]

Juan Cole

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Annals of Settler Colonialism (2) German Namibia #savagesunite

Annals of Settler Colonialism (2) German Namibia #savagesunite

An advertising campaign by bigots in San Francisco and New York asks us to choose, in Israeli-occupied Gaza and the West Bank, between the “civilized […]

Juan Cole

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Is Paul Ryan right that Obama's Foreign Policy is Blowing up in Our Faces?

Is Paul Ryan right that Obama’s Foreign Policy is Blowing up in Our Faces?

Paul Ryan knows nothing about the world or foreign affairs. I presume he may have been abroad at some point somewhere. I don’t know. As […]

Juan Cole

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The Annals of Settler Colonialism: German Namibia (1) #savagesunite

The Annals of Settler Colonialism: German Namibia (1) #savagesunite

Settler colonialism has a long and unsavory history and always involves displacing people from their land, driving them into penury, making and keeping them stateless, […]

Juan Cole

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Surprise: US Drones Kill Civilians, Provoke Hatred (Woods)

Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Men, women and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fear of attack, severe […]

Juan Cole

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Demonizing Muslims and the New McCarthyism (Bacevich)

Demonizing Muslims and the New McCarthyism (Bacevich)

Andrew J. Bacevich writes at Tomdispatch.com: First came the hullaballoo over the “Mosque at Ground Zero.”  Then there was Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, […]

Juan Cole

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Caricature: Pamela Geller’s Offensive “Savage” Posters Attacking Palestinian Muslims

Caricature: Pamela Geller’s Offensive “Savage” Posters Attacking Palestinian Muslims

Juan Cole

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Has-Been, Lame Duck Ahmadinejad’s UN Speech is Empty Mugging for the Camera (Azad)

Has-Been, Lame Duck Ahmadinejad’s UN Speech is Empty Mugging for the Camera (Azad)

Armin Azad writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Dear Israel and America: Please don’t feed the Troll On Wednesday September 26, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, […]

Juan Cole

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