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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran
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Misreading and Misrepresenting Iran

Ali Abootalebi

Eau Clare, Wi. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – On Friday, June 13th, Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear, military, and civilian targets, just days […]

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

US Sanctions on ICC Judges Highlight Pursuit of Selective Justice

07/02/2025 By Open Democracy

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

Feeding the Warfare State: We Lose, the Weapons Makers Win

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How the Iranian Regime Checkmated the Green Dissidents on a Crucial Day

How the Iranian Regime Checkmated the Green Dissidents on a Crucial Day

The opposition press in Iran says that former presidential candidate Mir Hosain Musavi attempted to go to Azadi (Freedom) Square in downtown Tehran on the […]

Juan Cole

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Regime Victory on Revolution Anniversary; Opposition Fails to Mobilize

Regime Victory on Revolution Anniversary; Opposition Fails to Mobilize

The regime seems to have successfully repressed any significant demonstrations by the opposition on Thursday. One of the problems for the opposition is that it […]

Juan Cole

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Huge Crowds Peacefully Commemorate Islamic Revolution; Some Green protests Reported

Huge Crowds Peacefully Commemorate Islamic Revolution; Some Green protests Reported

Thursday February 11 (22 Bahman of the Iranian calendar) is the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini. This year, the […]

Juan Cole

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Dubai court annuls marriage to ‘bearded lady’

Dubai court annuls marriage to ‘bearded lady’

BBC News – Dubai court annuls marriage to 'bearded lady' This item will be picked up for novelty and curiosity value. But actually, the episode […]

Juan Cole

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Real News: Do the Taliban Represent the Pashtuns?

Real News: Do the Taliban Represent the Pashtuns?

The Real News has a good video series entitled, “Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns?” This is the sort of information US corporate media almost […]

Juan Cole

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Mahsud Dead; Marjah Residents Refuse to Flee ahead of Assault

Mahsud Dead; Marjah Residents Refuse to Flee ahead of Assault

A US and another NATO soldier were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday. On the other side of the border, Pakistani Taliban sources announced that their […]

Juan Cole

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Salehi: Iran would back Down if West supplies LEU; Khamenei vows self-defense against ‘US-backed saboteurs’

Salehi: Iran would back Down if West supplies LEU; Khamenei vows self-defense against ‘US-backed saboteurs’

The USG Open Source Center translated remarks of Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, regarding Sunday’s announcement by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad […]

Juan Cole

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More Nuclear Scaremongering about Iran from Clinton; Neocons Quake at Ahmadinejad threat to make . . . gasp . . . Medical Isotopes

More Nuclear Scaremongering about Iran from Clinton; Neocons Quake at Ahmadinejad threat to make . . . gasp . . . Medical Isotopes

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in some fearmongering on Iran on Sunday on Candy Crowley’s CNN magazine show, State of the Union. Here is […]

Juan Cole

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Saying ‘Constitution’ while meaning ‘Lawlessness’: Palin attacks Obama

Saying ‘Constitution’ while meaning ‘Lawlessness’: Palin attacks Obama

Sarah Palin’s turn before the teabaggers was an exercise in emptying the US Constitution of meaning while seeming to exalt it. She praised US military […]

Juan Cole

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