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Death of a Director:  Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema
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Death of a Director: Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema

Fariba Amini

After much struggle with censorship and pressure, he finally left Iran in 2010

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“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

12/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

12/30/2025 By Binoy Kampmark

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US-Iraq Security Talks Hit Snag; Mosul Police HQ Bombed, 55 Killed or Wounded

US-Iraq Security Talks Hit Snag; Mosul Police HQ Bombed, 55 Killed or Wounded

The US is still hopeful that it can conclude a security agreement with the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on the framework for a […]

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Iraq
Aljazeera: Iraqi Reactions to Security Agreement

Aljazeera: Iraqi Reactions to Security Agreement

The USG Open Source Center translates an Aljazeera segment on the proposed security agreement with the US. Via BBC Monitoring ‘June 1, 2008 Sunday AL-JAZEERA […]

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Iraq
Obama, the Dukakis Trap, and Meeting Sistani

Obama, the Dukakis Trap, and Meeting Sistani

Barack Obama is considering a trip to Iraq this summer. I fear he has been forced into this visit by John McCain, who keeps taunting […]

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Iraq
Shiite Cleric, MP, from al-Maliki’s Coalition Denounces Security Accord

Shiite Cleric, MP, from al-Maliki’s Coalition Denounces Security Accord

Robert Reid of AP reports that the Iraqi government is acknowledging differences with the US over the proposed security agreement intended to regulate the role […]

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Iraq
Cobban: Re-engage

Cobban: Re-engage

Helena Cobban, proprietor of the JustWorldNews web site, has been covering global issues as a professional journalist for 35 years, most recently for the Christian […]

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Afghanistan: Civilians Caught in the Middle of US & Taliban

Afghanistan: Civilians Caught in the Middle of US & Taliban

Afghanistan has become the Forgotten War on the screens of corporate media. Yet the US has 33,000 troops fighting there and NATO forces amount to […]

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Iraq
Thousands of Sadrists Protest Security Pact With US; Sistani Aide Demands Parliament Vote

Thousands of Sadrists Protest Security Pact With US; Sistani Aide Demands Parliament Vote

Thousands of followers of Shiite leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr peacefully protested across southern Iraq on Friday, according to McClatchy. They prayed and then stood silently […]

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Iraq
Suicide Bombers Kill 20, Wound Dozens in North; Firefight with Jihadis in Tikrit; VP Abdul Mahdi Praises IranP

Suicide Bombers Kill 20, Wound Dozens in North; Firefight with Jihadis in Tikrit; VP Abdul Mahdi Praises IranP

At least 35 persons died in political violence in northern Iraq on Thursday. Suicide bombers killed 20 persons and wounded dozens in three attacks on […]

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Iraq
Haeri Fatwa Against Security Agreement; Al-Alam: Basra Pols Oppose Security Agreement with US

Haeri Fatwa Against Security Agreement; Al-Alam: Basra Pols Oppose Security Agreement with US

The USG Open Source Center translates the fatwa of Ayatollah Kadhim al-Ha’iri (Haeri) condemning any security agreement between Iraq and the United States (Via BBC […]

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