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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza
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“Real Estate Bonanza:” The Sordid U.S. Plan for the Post-Genocide Gaza

Dan Steinbock

When the bombing of Gaza will finally cease, the U.S. administration will push the post-genocide opportunity for property development. In this quest, Tony Blair is […]

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

“In this batter’d Caravanserai:” FitzGerald’s translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:16

09/22/2025 By Juan Cole

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

As Gaza bleeds, Israel plans its next move: Annexing the Palestinian West Bank

09/22/2025 By Middle East Monitor

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Omar Khayyam (6)

Omar Khayyam (6)

When I die, prepare my body in wine, and in place of a eulogy lift a glass! On Resurrection Day you’ll find my dust stirring […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Israeli Mossad Agents allegedly Impersonated CIA in fostering Baluch Terrorism against Iran

Israeli Mossad Agents allegedly Impersonated CIA in fostering Baluch Terrorism against Iran

Mark Perry reveals that Israeli Mossad intelligence operatives pretended to be American field officers when contacting members of the Baluch Jundullah terrorist group, presumably in […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Will Pakistan's Crisis affect US in Afghanistan

Will Pakistan’s Crisis affect US in Afghanistan

Pakistan is an important country and a key US partner, and so it is bad news that it is lurching from political crisis to political […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Interview on the Iran and Iraq Crises

Cole Interview on the Iran and Iraq Crises

Interview of Juan Cole by Rick Schenkman of the History News Network at the American Historical Association meeting on the Iran and Iraq crisis.

Juan Cole

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Tomgram: Engelhardt, Superpower Adrift in an Alien World

Tomgram: Engelhardt, Superpower Adrift in an Alien World

Here’s the ad for this moment in Washington (as I imagine it): Militarized superpower adrift and anxious in alien world.  Needs advice.  Will pay.  Pls respond qkly.  PO Box 1776-2012, Washington, DC…

Tom Engelhardt

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Good Nuclear Iran, Bad Nuclear Iran

Good Nuclear Iran, Bad Nuclear Iran

An ad for the nuclear industry from the 1970s, depicting pro-Western Iranian dictator Mohammadd Reza Pahlavi:

Juan Cole

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A Murder in Tehran

A Murder in Tehran

Reuters makes a good point that Iran is having difficulty getting the international community to condemn the terrorist attacks against its scientists, which over time […]

Juan Cole

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The Arab Spring, Pt. 3

The Arab Spring, Pt. 3

Part 3 of Juan Cole’s talk on the Arab Spring at the American Historical Association: Parts 1 & 2 are here

Juan Cole

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Iran Hype undermined by Obama Administration Admissions

Iran Hype undermined by Obama Administration Admissions

The announcement of the Iranian government that it will activate its Fordow nuclear enrichment site has predictably drawn forth a new round of war propaganda […]

Juan Cole

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