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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing
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Why China’s Inaction on Palestine and Iran Weakens its Global Standing

Hamdullah Baycar

Karadeniz, Turkiye (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – If China wants to rival the United States, it must stop watching and start acting. Beijing wants […]

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

Between Two Enemies: Syria’s Silence in the Israel-Iran Conflicts

07/04/2025 By Daanish Faruqi

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

The Trump Team’s Purge of Pentagon Photos Raises Sinister Echoes from the Past

07/04/2025 By Arnold R. Isaacs

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Mousavi Letter Translated

Mousavi Letter Translated

The below is not my translation but was sent by a kind friend.- JRIC Mir Hossein Mousavi has published on his Web site “Kalemeh” (The […]

Juan Cole

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Truck bomb Kills 70, wounds 170 in N. Iraq

Truck bomb Kills 70, wounds 170 in N. Iraq

A truck bombing at a Shiite mosque in Taza, Iraq, near the northern oil city of Kirkuk killed 70 and wounded 170 just after noon […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi Defies Khamenei; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning

Mousavi Defies Khamenei; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning

Mir Hosain Mousavi issued a powerful implicit denunciation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday, and insisting again that the results of the presidential election […]

Juan Cole

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It Begins

It Begins

AP reports that Iranian riot police have deployed tear gas and water cannons against protesters who were gathering for another big demonstration in Tehran. Aljazeera […]

Juan Cole

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Crunch Time in Tehran; Karroubi says Protests will Go On; And, What Khamenei Said

Crunch Time in Tehran; Karroubi says Protests will Go On; And, What Khamenei Said

Reformist presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi said Saturday morning that the 4 pm GMT rally on Saturday against the alleged stealing of the presidential election in […]

Juan Cole

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Live Blogging Khamenei’s Friday Sermon

Live Blogging Khamenei’s Friday Sermon

A correspondent in Iran sent along these thoughts, written as Khamenei was speaking on Friday: “Rough notes…The event is like the old Red Square May […]

Juan Cole

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"I’m Listening to all my Favorite Music; Maybe Tomorrow I will be Among those Killed"

"I’m Listening to all my Favorite Music; Maybe Tomorrow I will be Among those Killed"

The owner of this site is tidying affairs in preparation for dying Saturday at the hands of the Iranian security forces. Mousavi supporters are planning […]

Juan Cole

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Lyons: Khamenei’s Past Power Play against the Clerics May Weaken him Now in Confronting the Reformers

Lyons: Khamenei’s Past Power Play against the Clerics May Weaken him Now in Confronting the Reformers

Jonathan Lyons writes in a guest op-ed for IC: As the latest political drama unfolds in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may yet come to […]

Juan Cole

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Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Friday Address on the Presidential Elections

Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Friday Address on the Presidential Elections

The USG Open Source Center Translates Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s sermon on Friday regarding the finality of the presidential election results and the impermissibility of […]

Juan Cole

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