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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran:  When Journalists are the Target
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A Dangerous Profession, from Palestine to Iran: When Journalists are the Target

Fariba Amini

“Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life.” – ― Stefan […]

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

How the UN Can Act Decisively to End Genocide in Gaza

09/03/2025 By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas J.S. Davies

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

Researching the Roots of War to Fight Militarism

09/03/2025 By William D. Hartung

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Tehran Police Chief Cracks down on Women with Sun Tans

Tehran Police Chief Cracks down on Women with Sun Tans

The Telegraph reports that the police chief of the Iranian capital, Tehran, Brig Hossein Sajediniya, has called for a crackdown on fashionable women as part […]

Juan Cole

Energy
The Horrible Gulf Oil Spill Reality versus the Energy Tomorrow Pantsuit

The Horrible Gulf Oil Spill Reality versus the Energy Tomorrow Pantsuit

Let us contrast reality to the fantasy that Big Oil projects for us on our television screens. I have long despised the character of the […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Allawi’s Secularists call for Caretaker Gov’t, New Elections

Allawi’s Secularists call for Caretaker Gov’t, New Elections

The London pan-Arab daily al-Hayat [Life] reports in Arabic that the appeals court will issue its judgment on the coming Monday, May 3, concerning whether […]

Juan Cole

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3 Killed in Qandahar Bombing as the UNO leaves; South Asia now Most Dangerous

3 Killed in Qandahar Bombing as the UNO leaves; South Asia now Most Dangerous

On Tuesday, insurgents bombed an Afghan security company, Homayun at Qandahar, wounding at least 38 of them. Three persons were killed. Homayun provides security services […]

Juan Cole

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Disqualifications of ‘pro-Baathists’ throw Iraq into Political Uncertainty

Disqualifications of ‘pro-Baathists’ throw Iraq into Political Uncertainty

McClatchy/ CSM reporters Jane Arraf and Mohammed al-Dulaimy cover the decision of an appeals court to uphold the disqualification of 52 Iraqi politicians. The exclusion […]

Juan Cole

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Apartheid in Israel, Showing Papers in Arizona

Apartheid in Israel, Showing Papers in Arizona

Jonathan Cook gives concrete examples of the various forms of Apartheid practiced in Israel by Jews toward Palestinian-Israelis and Palestinians. An important recent policy announcement […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Quiz

Iran Quiz

Take the Iran Quiz at Countercurrents. (The quiz is based in part on a chapter in my Engaging the Muslim World, which will be revised […]

Juan Cole

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India Urges Kabul not to Deal with Taliban; Logar Protesters Torch NATO Fuel Trucks

India Urges Kabul not to Deal with Taliban; Logar Protesters Torch NATO Fuel Trucks

About 1000 protesters massed in the streets of Pul-i Alam in the central Logar Province on Sunday, angry about a NATO attack that they alleged […]

Juan Cole

Afghanistan
Taliban Resemble Successful Insurgencies

Taliban Resemble Successful Insurgencies

CSM reports on a RAND study by Ben Conable and Martin Libicki of 89 major insurgencies in the 20th century and early 21st, and what […]

Juan Cole

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