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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

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Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (92)

Omar Khayyam (92)

The sky is a belt woven from our tattered lives. The mighty river was formed by all the tears  our eyes have shed. Hell is […]

Juan Cole

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Tron Dance from Japan: Homage to to the Modern Body

Tron Dance from Japan: Homage to to the Modern Body

Japan’s Wrecking Crew Orchestra performs an innovative light dance in uniforms like those in the classic science fiction movie Tron. I see the performance as […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Is Iraq's Arab League Summit being Overshadowed by Sectarian Violence?

Is Iraq’s Arab League Summit being Overshadowed by Sectarian Violence?

Iraq is planning to host the summit of the Arab League in Baghdad next week, in a bid to underscore its reemergence as an independent […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
The US Congress’s UNESCO Problem: Daily Show

The US Congress’s UNESCO Problem: Daily Show

Comedy Central’s John Oliver sends up the US congressmen who stupidly and wickedly cut off funding to UNESCO because 100 member nations voted to admit […]

Juan Cole

Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (67)

Omar Khayyam (67)

They say that drunkards are consigned to hell; but that makes no sense and the heart cannot  accept it. If lovers and lushes are going […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
AH-64 Apache Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan

AH-64 Apache Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan

Apache helicopter crash in Afghanistan– incredibly no one was hurt. Apparently this video was leaked, and we don’t hear about woundings, crashes and other negative […]

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine
Fayyad: Stop Exploiting Palestinian Children for Terror

Fayyad: Stop Exploiting Palestinian Children for Terror

Juan Cole

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Obama, GOP won’t Tell Americans that Iran Sanctions drive Gas Prices

Obama, GOP won’t Tell Americans that Iran Sanctions drive Gas Prices

President Barack Obama campaigned on energy issues on Wednesday, visiting a handful of oil wellheads on Federal land in New Mexico and a solar installation […]

Juan Cole

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Romney Taking Santorum for a Ride in Illinois (Graphic)

Romney Taking Santorum for a Ride in Illinois (Graphic)

Juan Cole

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