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It is Genocide:  Omer Bartov Interview
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It is Genocide: Omer Bartov Interview

Fariba Amini

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Fariba Amini writes: Omer Bartov recently wrote an Op-ed piece in the New York Times in which […]

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)

07/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

Tariff Man: Bringing back the Worst Excesses of the Gilded Age

07/30/2025 By Alfred W. McCoy

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Struggle over Election Results Continues in Iran

Struggle over Election Results Continues in Iran

AP has video of Monday’s enormous rally for Mousavi, which defied a government ban on demonstrations. The USG Open Source Center translates news about the […]

Juan Cole

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Provincial Election Returns

Provincial Election Returns

Nate Silver was provided with an English translation of the official report of provincial election results by Daniel Berman and other graduate students at the […]

Juan Cole

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100,000 Throng Streets of Tehran, Protester Shot to Death

100,000 Throng Streets of Tehran, Protester Shot to Death

VOA says Mir-Hosain Mousavi, the opposition candidate who says the Iranian election was stolen, held that supposedly forbidden and cancelled rally in Tehran after all. […]

Juan Cole

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Clashes, Claims of Election Fraud in Iran

Clashes, Claims of Election Fraud in Iran

UPdate: The rally went ahead anyway. See above. Mir-Hosein Mousavi, the reformist candidate who alleges that Friday’s presidential election was stolen from him, was forced […]

Juan Cole

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Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win

Terror Free Tomorrow Poll Did not Predict Ahmadinejad Win

Noting my skepticism about the announced outcome of Friday’s presidential elections in Iran, readers have been asking me what I think about this WaPo op-ed […]

Juan Cole

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Class v. Culture Wars in Iranian Elections: Rejecting Charges of a North Tehran Fallacy

Class v. Culture Wars in Iranian Elections: Rejecting Charges of a North Tehran Fallacy

Some comentators have suggested that the reason Western reporters were shocked when Ahmadinejad won was that they are based in opulent North Tehran, whereas the […]

Juan Cole

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Post-Election Demonstrations, Violence, Arrests

Post-Election Demonstrations, Violence, Arrests

Aljazeera.net is reporting that the streets in Iran’s capital, Tehran, were almost deserted Sunday morning. Since it is a weekday in Iran, there should have […]

Juan Cole

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Stealing the Iranian Election

Stealing the Iranian Election

Top Pieces of Evidence that the Iranian Presidential Election Was Stolen 1. It is claimed that Ahmadinejad won the city of Tabriz with 57%. His […]

Juan Cole

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9 Killed in Extremist Bombings of Mosques in Pakistan

9 Killed in Extremist Bombings of Mosques in Pakistan

One person was wounded and 8 injured (all policemen) by a Taliban bombing at Kohat Saturday morning. The attack was likely intend to punish the […]

Juan Cole

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