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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average
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Rate of Global Heating in the Arab World is Twice the Global Average

Juan Cole

2024 was the hottest year on record in the Middle East, around 1º Celsius (1.8º F.) hotter than the average for 1990-2020

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At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

At Trump’s Prompting, Israel’s Netanyahu seeks a Pardon, But Israeli Law may not Work that Way

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U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

U.S. Imperialism in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Trump Corollary

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Mourning Rally Biggest Demonstration Since Monday in Tehran; Khamenei to Address Nation

Mourning Rally Biggest Demonstration Since Monday in Tehran; Khamenei to Address Nation

Thursday’s march in Tehran was just enormous, several hundred thousand strong. AFP writes, “Many in the huge crowd walked silently and lit black candles as […]

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"This Movement is Becoming More and More Creative"

"This Movement is Becoming More and More Creative"

This was posted to an email list; since the author says it can be used any way we like if it stays anonymous, I’m putting […]

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Day of Mourning, Protests, Called by Mousavi on Thursday

Day of Mourning, Protests, Called by Mousavi on Thursday

Mir-Hosain Mousavi, who maintains he won last Friday’s presidential election despite official assertions that he lost 2 to 1 to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is calling for […]

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Iran Election Fraud: Moaddel on Ballen and Doherty

Iran Election Fraud: Moaddel on Ballen and Doherty

Mansoor Moaddel, a valued colleague, is a sociologist and an important interpreter of the contemporary Middle East who has done a lot of work with […]

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OSC: Protests in Shiraz, Isfahan; Reformists say they Have Documentary Proof of Fraud

OSC: Protests in Shiraz, Isfahan; Reformists say they Have Documentary Proof of Fraud

The USG Open Source Center translates articles from the Iranian press on disturbances in Shiraz and Isfahan. I conclude that the protests are not just […]

Juan Cole

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Wednesday sees Another Big Protest

Wednesday sees Another Big Protest

Iran expert Ali Ansari says he expects the protests to continue, saying that Iran is in for a “long hot summer.” Me, I wouldn’t be […]

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