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On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries
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On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

Farhang Jahanpour

Many people optimistically assume that popular revolutions against dictators will automatically establish democratic governments

“Gently, Brother!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

“Gently, Brother!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

02/11/2026 By Juan Cole

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

02/11/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Arab Reaction To Isg Report Usg Open

Arab Reaction To Isg Report Usg Open

Arab Reaction to the ISG Report The USG Open Source Center translates and analyzes the pan-Arab media on the Baker-Hamilton report: ‘ FYI — Pan-Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Reprint Edn

Reprint Edn

Reprint Edn.: 10 Things Congress Should Demand on Iraq In the light of the issuance of the Iraq Study Group report, I thought readers might […]

Juan Cole

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Regional Conference Prepared Iraqi

Regional Conference Prepared Iraqi

Regional Conference Prepared Iraqi Military to Assume control within a year Gates Confirmed The US now has a secretary of defense who knows that we […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Us Troops Should Stay Urges

Al Hakim Us Troops Should Stay Urges

Al-Hakim: US Troops Should Stay; Urges harsher Measures against Sunni Guerrillas Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that Iraqi Shiite cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim for the first […]

Juan Cole

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Talabani Hakim Reject Intl Conference

Talabani Hakim Reject Intl Conference

Talabani, Hakim Reject Int’l Conference 9 GIs Killed The US military announced that Sunni Arab guerrillas have killed 9 GIs in Baghdad and al-Anbar over […]

Juan Cole

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Rumsfelds Shocking Memo Over 100 Dead

Rumsfelds Shocking Memo Over 100 Dead

Rumsfeld’s Shocking Memo; Over 100 Dead in Sectarian Violence The NYT has gotten hold of a memo by Donald Rumsfeld detailing options on Iraq. Several […]

Juan Cole

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Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20 Sistani

Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20 Sistani

Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20; Sistani Aide Warns against Violence, Blames Arab T.V. On Saturday morning, an empty fuel trucker slammed into people waiting at […]

Juan Cole

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Dozens Of Bodies In Sinjar And Baghdad

Dozens Of Bodies In Sinjar And Baghdad

Dozens of Bodies in Sinjar and Baghdad 40% Increase in Violent Deaths in November AFP says that political violence left nearly 2000 dead in Iraq […]

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Bush Maliki Summit And New Middle East

Bush Maliki Summit And New Middle East

The Bush-Maliki Summit and the New Middle East Cold War Over 100 Bodies found in Past 48 Hours Al-Hayat writing in Arabic sums up the […]

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