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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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Elhanan Guest Editorial Another Way

Elhanan Guest Editorial Another Way

Elhanan Guest Editorial: Another Way for Israel Another Way for Israel Elik ElhananCombatants for PeaceVia The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace This is the […]

Juan Cole

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7 Us Troops Killed Bombing Kills 13 In

7 Us Troops Killed Bombing Kills 13 In

7 US Troops Killed Bombing kills 13 in Baghdad, 40 Bodies Found Massive Anti-War Protest on Mall in DC It was announced Saturday that 7 […]

Juan Cole

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Dabbous Guest Editorial Getting Home

Dabbous Guest Editorial Getting Home

Dabbous Guest Editorial: Getting Home in Beirut My View from our Sunni-Beiruti Neighbourhood Eugène Richard Sensenig-Dabbous ‘For those of you who know Beirut, I drove […]

Juan Cole

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Gul Partitioned Iraq Means Endless War

Gul Partitioned Iraq Means Endless War

Gul: A Partitioned Iraq Means “Endless War” Bombings, Killings in Baghdad Leave 50 Dead Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is warning the US not to […]

Juan Cole

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Karrada Bombing Kills 26 40 Bodies

Karrada Bombing Kills 26 40 Bodies

Karrada Bombing kills 26, 40 Bodies Found Maliki Threatens Sunni MP Reuters reports on political violence in Iraq’s ongoing civil war. In Baghdad: *Police found […]

Juan Cole

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Battle At Haifa Street Kills 30 Senate

Battle At Haifa Street Kills 30 Senate

Battle at Haifa Street kills 30 Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejects Escalation The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 12 to 9 for a non-binding resolution […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Television On Bushs State Of

Iraqi Television On Bushs State Of

Iraqi Television on Bush’s State of the Union It is odd that US media seem completely uninterested in how Bush’s State of the Union speech […]

Juan Cole

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Another Helicopter Downed 5 Americans

Another Helicopter Downed 5 Americans

Another Helicopter Downed, 5 Americans Dead Mahdi Army Pledges not to Respond to US Arrests Sunni Arab guerrillas used some sort of surface to air […]

Juan Cole

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Arguing With Bush Yet One Question Has

Arguing With Bush Yet One Question Has

Arguing With Bush Yet one question has surely been settled – that to win the war on terror we must take the fight to the […]

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