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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn
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How the US/ Israel War on Iran could Spike Energy Costs and Provoke an Economic Downturn

Dan Steinbock

The macro effect is elevated inflation as energy prices are coupled with rising costs in transport, food and manufacturing

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm instead of the Growth Paradigm

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Trumped!  The President of No Return on a Hothouse Planet

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IRGC Breaks up Demonstration in Downtown Tehran

IRGC Breaks up Demonstration in Downtown Tehran

AKI is reporting that Iran’s national guard, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, with help from the popular militia, Basij, just broke up a demonstration by […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi, Defiant, Calls for More Rallies

Mousavi, Defiant, Calls for More Rallies

Reformist presidential aspirant Mir Hosain Mousavi called Monday morning for another round of big street protests by his supporters against the attempt of the regime […]

Juan Cole

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Chatham House Study Definitively Shows Massive Ballot Fraud in Iran’s Reported Results

Chatham House Study Definitively Shows Massive Ballot Fraud in Iran’s Reported Results

An authoritative study from Chatham House (pdf) , the renowned UK think tank, finds that with regard to the official statistics on the recent presidential […]

Juan Cole

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More Details on Saturday’s Demonstrations

More Details on Saturday’s Demonstrations

Update This video posted by BBC is worth watching all the way to the end. Update: A friend passed on this further eyewitness account of […]

Juan Cole

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Daughter of Rafsanjani Arrested; Death Toll for Saturday at Least 10; Khatami calls for Impartial Panel

Daughter of Rafsanjani Arrested; Death Toll for Saturday at Least 10; Khatami calls for Impartial Panel

The death toll caused by the state’s crackdown on the demonstrations in Iran on Saturday has risen to 10-13, with 100 injured. The regime has […]

Juan Cole

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OSC: Larijani admits Majority Has Doubts on Election Results, Urges Respect for them

OSC: Larijani admits Majority Has Doubts on Election Results, Urges Respect for them

The USG Open Source Center puts into English the gist of an interview in the official Iranian press with Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larijani […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi Letter Translated

Mousavi Letter Translated

The below is not my translation but was sent by a kind friend.- JRIC Mir Hossein Mousavi has published on his Web site “Kalemeh” (The […]

Juan Cole

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Truck bomb Kills 70, wounds 170 in N. Iraq

Truck bomb Kills 70, wounds 170 in N. Iraq

A truck bombing at a Shiite mosque in Taza, Iraq, near the northern oil city of Kirkuk killed 70 and wounded 170 just after noon […]

Juan Cole

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Mousavi Defies Khamenei; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning

Mousavi Defies Khamenei; Police Attack Protesters at Inqilab Square; Downtown Tehran Burning

Mir Hosain Mousavi issued a powerful implicit denunciation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Saturday, and insisting again that the results of the presidential election […]

Juan Cole

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