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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
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Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Juan Cole

China imported 389,000 barrels per day of Venezuelan oil in 2025, about 4% of its total

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

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Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

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Iran and Nuclear Latency

Iran and Nuclear Latency

When you tool around the blogosphere and the news sites, the discourse about Iran’s nuclear program is maddeningly contradictory. But I think a single hypothesis […]

Juan Cole

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8 US troops Killed in Nuristan; UN Official Says He was Pressured to Wink at Karzai Ballot Fraud; Abdullah Defiant

8 US troops Killed in Nuristan; UN Official Says He was Pressured to Wink at Karzai Ballot Fraud; Abdullah Defiant

On Saturday morning, a force of some 300 guerrillas attacked a US outpost and an Afghan police outpost in Nuristan. They killed 8 US troops […]

Juan Cole

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On How Iran is a Military Nothing despite What Propagandists Say; and on How Even Israel Dwarfs Iran Militarily in Every Way that Matters

On How Iran is a Military Nothing despite What Propagandists Say; and on How Even Israel Dwarfs Iran Militarily in Every Way that Matters

Some random anonymous person got posted over at Daily Dish who critiqued my column on the top things you think about Iran that are not […]

Juan Cole

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Ron Paul on Iran; Ahmadinejad has Jewish Heritage

Ron Paul on Iran; Ahmadinejad has Jewish Heritage

International Atomic Energy Agency official Mohammad Elbaradei arrived in Tehran on Saturday to begin making preparations for the inspection of Iran’s new nuclear research facility […]

Juan Cole

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Russia, China, Satisfied with 10/1/09 Talks

Russia, China, Satisfied with 10/1/09 Talks

The US plan to place further sanctions on Iran for its nuclear energy research program may founder at the United Nations Security Council because of […]

Juan Cole

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Obama pwns Bush-Cheney on Iran; First day of Talks Yields Significant Confidence-Building Steps

Obama pwns Bush-Cheney on Iran; First day of Talks Yields Significant Confidence-Building Steps

For 8 years, Bush-Cheney practiced what I call “belligerent Ostrichism” toward Iran. They refused to talk to Tehran. They wanted to ratchet up sanctions on […]

Juan Cole

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Top Things you Think You Know about Iran that are not True

Top Things you Think You Know about Iran that are not True

Thursday is a fateful day for the world, as the US, other members of the United Nations Security Council, and Germany meet in Geneva with […]

Juan Cole

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Obama Meets Advisers on Afghanistan; Ismail Khan Warns against US Troop Surge

Obama Meets Advisers on Afghanistan; Ismail Khan Warns against US Troop Surge

President Barack Obama met Wednesday afternoon for 3 hours with his advisers on the Afghanistan war, including VP Joe Biden and, by teleconference, Gen. Stanley […]

Juan Cole

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Cole on KCRW and Iran and an Israeli Attack

Cole on KCRW and Iran and an Israeli Attack

I was on the KCRW in Los Angeles’s “To the Point” on Wednesday discussing the Iranian nuclear program and the prospects of an Israeli attack […]

Juan Cole

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