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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
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A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

When they called your name at midnight, In your thoughts, morning blossomed from a blood-stained horizon.

Juan Cole on Iran War:  “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

Juan Cole on Iran War: “Shock and Awe didn’t Work in Iraq, either” (TRT, Bradblog)

03/05/2026 By Juan Cole

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

Trump’s Other Endless War: How a Strike on Iran betrays his central Promise

03/05/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Death Surge Iraq Coalition Forces

Death surge: Iraq Coalition Forces Completing their deadliest Quarter: Guest Editorial William Blanchard writes: In early April, 2006, the New York Times ran a front […]

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Neocons to Clinton: Launch War on Iraq (1998)

Neocons to Clinton: Launch War on Iraq (1998)

Open Letter to the President February 19, 1998 Dear Mr. President, Many of us were involved in organizing the Committee for Peace and Security in […]

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Save Small Political Magazines I Just

Save Small Political Magazines I just got this from David Corn: ‘ Postal regulators have accepted a scheme designed in part by lobbyists for the […]

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Lobe On Neocons And Public Diplomacy

Lobe On Neocons And Public Diplomacy

Lobe on Neocons and Public Diplomacy Boston Review on Iran Veteran journalist and neocon watcher, Jim Lobe points out that as the Neoconservatives have lost […]

Juan Cole

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Baya Bombing Kills 2 Dozen 3 British

Baya` Bombing kills 2 Dozen 3 British troops killed at Basra Congressional Study slams Iraqi security agencies A massive bomb in the Shiite Baya’ district […]

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Cole In Salon On Surge My Column At

Cole In Salon On Surge My Column At

Cole in Salon on the Surge My column at Salon.com on Senator Lugar’s revolt over the Iraq surge is now available online. Excerpt: ‘ June […]

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Sunni Minister Arrested For Alleged Hit

Sunni Minister Arrested for Alleged Hit; Khamenei Pledges Security Cooperation to Talabani Iraqi troops sought on Tuesday to arrest a serving cabinet minister in the […]

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16 Bodies Found In Baghdad Anbar Tribal

16 Bodies Found In Baghdad Anbar Tribal

16 Bodies found in Baghdad Anbar Tribal Model Questioned The ‘Anbar Model’ of arming Sunni tribespeople to fight religious extremists is being queried by many […]

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Ahmadinejad I Am Not Anti Semitic

Ahmadinejad I Am Not Anti Semitic

Ahmadinejad: “I am not anti-Semitic” Palestinians should Decide on Two-State Solution Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul continue to show themselves among the few in Congress […]

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