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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program
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Russia, China, reject attempt of E3 to Reimpose Sanctions on Iran over Nuclear Program

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – France, the United Kingdom and Germany (the “E3”) on Thursday sent a formal letter to the UN Security Council asking […]

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

Hossein Asgari’s Desolation speaks powerfully of the Destructiveness of War and the Hope that lies in Fiction

08/29/2025 By The Conversation

From Guernica to Gaza:  The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

From Guernica to Gaza: The Detached Cruelty of Air Power

08/29/2025 By Norman Solomon

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Statement on Iran by Engaged Scholars

Statement on Iran by Engaged Scholars

Statement by 40 Engaged Scholars ‘Human Beings are Members of a Whole’ Protecting the Iranian Civil Society Human beings are members of a whole, In […]

Juan Cole

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Iran Update

Iran Update

Some experts are raising the question about whether Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will serve out his four year term. They wonder if the instability and […]

Juan Cole

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Pakistani Taliban Leader Possibly Killed Supreme Court Challenges Martial Law Pro-Government Vigilantes Kill Taliban

Pakistani Taliban Leader Possibly Killed Supreme Court Challenges Martial Law Pro-Government Vigilantes Kill Taliban

The allegation that a US drone strike in Waziristan killed the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Movement, Baitullah Mahsud, cannot be dismissed but it has […]

Juan Cole

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Iran: Beware Neocons Bearing Boycotts

Iran: Beware Neocons Bearing Boycotts

Hamid Dabashi at CNN points out that the US executive’s (the Obama administration’s) plans to engage Iran may come up against Congress’s desire to act […]

Juan Cole

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Reformists Boycott Ahmadinejad's Inauguration

Reformists Boycott Ahmadinejad’s Inauguration

Even the official Iranian site Press TV had to admit that of 70 reformist members of parliament, only 13 attended Ahmadinejad’s inauguration. AP has more […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad sworn in; Critic worries about Brain Drain and Capital Flight

Ahmadinejad sworn in; Critic worries about Brain Drain and Capital Flight

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in as president of Iran on Wednesday, to scattered protests. Several hundred protesters were said to have marched around the parliament […]

Juan Cole

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Neocon Bolton Condemns Release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee

Neocon Bolton Condemns Release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee

“the unwise impulse to negotiations. . .” Or the answer to the question of “Where have all the Neocons gone? Aljazeera English has video:

Juan Cole

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Clashes, Boycotts attend Certification of Ahmadinejad

Clashes, Boycotts attend Certification of Ahmadinejad

The certification of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the winner of the presidential election in a special ceremony in Tehran set off demonstrations by thousands of protesters […]

Juan Cole

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Olbermann Refutes NYT Allegations on GE Deal with Murdoch over O'Reilly

Olbermann Refutes NYT Allegations on GE Deal with Murdoch over O’Reilly

Keith Olbermann debunks the report that General Electric (owner of MSNBC and NBC) and Rupert Murdoch (owner of Fox Cable News) made a deal to […]

Juan Cole

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