Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

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

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

01/12/2026 By Rebecca Gordon

More Stories

Iraq
45 Dead, 79 Wounded in Wave of Violence; Bombing in Jalawla’ Raises Tensions with Baghdad

45 Dead, 79 Wounded in Wave of Violence; Bombing in Jalawla’ Raises Tensions with Baghdad

Why Iraq still matters to the presidential campaign,according to Mark Brunswick of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Violence erupted throughout central, eastern and northern Iraq on […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Al-Maliki Insists US Troops be Out by 2011; Iraqi Christian Refugees at Risk

Al-Maliki Insists US Troops be Out by 2011; Iraqi Christian Refugees at Risk

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq insisted again Monday that all foreign troops must be out of Iraq by 2011 and that US troops in […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
International Reaction to Biden

International Reaction to Biden

Iraqi politicians greeted the the selection of Joe Biden as the Democratic vice presidential candidate with dismay because they oppose his soft partition plan for […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
54 Killed in Bombings, attacks; Water Crisis; Fixing the Intelligence Around the Policy

54 Killed in Bombings, attacks; Water Crisis; Fixing the Intelligence Around the Policy

A suicide bomber attacked a celebration in Abu Ghraib late Sunday, killing at least 30 and wounding 42. The gathering was in honor of a […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
FBI to Open Cases via Profiling; MI5: Don’t Bother

FBI to Open Cases via Profiling; MI5: Don’t Bother

Bush is trying to permanently widen FBI prerogatives in opening investigations of US citizens before leaving office. His new guidelines would allow an investigation to […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
OSC: Collective Punishment in Baghdad

OSC: Collective Punishment in Baghdad

The USG Open Source Center translates an article from the Arabic online press complaining about Iraqi government collective punishment of Baghdad city quarters that witness […]

Juan Cole

Iraq
Najaf Demonstrations against Rice: "Rogue" Operation in Baquba; Sadr in Iran for 5 Years

Najaf Demonstrations against Rice: "Rogue" Operation in Baquba; Sadr in Iran for 5 Years

Secretary of State Condi Rice’s visit to Baghdad for consultations on the US-Iraqi security agreement provoked a demonstration in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Biden as VP Candidate

Biden as VP Candidate

A warm congratulations to Senator Joe Biden on his VP candidate position on the Democratic ticket! Sen. Biden called me to testify before the Senate […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Security Agreement Undermines McCain; Dulaimi Was Planting Bombs; Awakening Councils Targeted

Security Agreement Undermines McCain; Dulaimi Was Planting Bombs; Awakening Councils Targeted

Muthanna Dulaimi was caught while planting a roadside bomb! The son of the leader of the Iraqi Accord Front, which has cabinet seats in the […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2487
  • Page 2488
  • Page 2489
  • Page 2490
  • Page 2491
  • …
  • Page 3068
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Dissent

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

The Conversation

Authoritarianism

Thousands march in Minneapolis to protest ICE after Shooting

Minnesota Reformer

Dissent

Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Mohammad Eslami

Israel/ Palestine

Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East

Ramzy Baroud

Popular

  • Could Trump's Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?
  • Juan Cole: Islam, History and the Enlargement of the Self
  • Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts
  • ‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy
  • Gaza: Six Reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging Conflict in the Middle East
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved