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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?
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Will the Islamic Republic of Iran be able to Celebrate its 47th Anniversary?

Farhang Jahanpour

One hospital in Tehran has received more than 70 corpses of demonstrators shot in the head and chest by security guards

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

Venezuela and the Long Shadow of the Monroe Doctrine

01/12/2026 By Richard Drake

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

Looking Back on a Low, Dishonest Decade

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Cheney, Rice, Ashcroft, Gonzales Signed off on Torture

Cheney, Rice, Ashcroft, Gonzales Signed off on Torture

McClatchy reports that torture was reauthorized in spring of 2003 by four Bush administration officials: Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales. It […]

Juan Cole

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At Least 78 Killed in Iraq Bombings; AP: At Least 110,000 Dead in Violence

At Least 78 Killed in Iraq Bombings; AP: At Least 110,000 Dead in Violence

Brian Murphy of AP reports that bombings in Iraq killed 78 persons on Thursday A female suicide bomber in the upscale Shiite neighborhood of Karrada […]

Juan Cole

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REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER ON MSNBC

REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER ON MSNBC

MSNBC sent me this by email. I couldn’t find it on the web, so I’m reprinting here- JRIC REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER […]

Juan Cole

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Pelosi was Briefed on Harman’s Wire Tap

Pelosi was Briefed on Harman’s Wire Tap

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she was briefed several years ago that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) had shown up in a wiretap. Pelosi […]

Juan Cole

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Cheney, Rumsfeld Pressured for Torture to Justify Iraq War; 5 Killed in Iraq Mosque Bombing

Cheney, Rumsfeld Pressured for Torture to Justify Iraq War; 5 Killed in Iraq Mosque Bombing

Jonathan S. Landay at McClatchy has discovered the real reason that Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Muhammad were tortured dozens of times in the run-up […]

Juan Cole

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Harman Admits She Talked to American; Saban said Involved

Harman Admits She Talked to American; Saban said Involved

On being interviewed by Robert Siegel of National Public Radio on Tuesday, Rep. Jane Harman kept denying she knew which conversations had been referred to […]

Juan Cole

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Harman Scandal: All about War on Iran

Harman Scandal: All about War on Iran

Jeff Stein of CQ.com reported on Sunday evening that the National Security Agency had picked up a telephone conversation by Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) with […]

Juan Cole

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Cunningham: "The Forgotten Meaning of Tiananmen"

Cunningham: "The Forgotten Meaning of Tiananmen"

Philip J Cunningham writes in a guest op-ed for IC: “Tiananmen” is a taboo topic in China. But even in places where it is remembered […]

Juan Cole

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Saberi Case Roils US-Iran Relations, Iranian Politics

Saberi Case Roils US-Iran Relations, Iranian Politics

Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, just convicted of espionage and sentenced to 8 years in prison, should be afforded every opportunity for a thorough legal defense […]

Juan Cole

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