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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

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Schwartz: US out Now The violence continued to percolate along on Thursday in Iraq, with up to 12 persons dead in guerrilla actions. Michael Schwartz […]

Juan Cole

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Cole On Evolve Tv Steve Garfield Has

Cole on Evolve TV Steve Garfield has up a trailer for “The Issue”, an interview program at the web-based Evolve TV, on which I am […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Web Interview I Web Video

Cole Web Interview I Web Video

Cole Web Interview I A web video interview with me on Iraq by Diogenes (“Mark In Sanfrancisco”) will be aired Friday. This is the preview.

Juan Cole

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Us Bombs Dhuluiyyah Basra Declares

US Bombs Dhulu’iyyah Basra declares Noncooperation US warplanes bombed the small Sunni Arab city of Dhulu’iyyah (Thuluiya) on Wednesday. The bombing is unlikely to be […]

Juan Cole

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Huffington On Bolton And Plame Someone

Huffington On Bolton And Plame Someone

Huffington on Bolton and Plame Someone in the Bush White House blew the cover of a CIA operative, Valerie Plame, to punish her husband, Joe […]

Juan Cole

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9 Americans Dead Sadrs Popularity

9 Americans Dead Sadrs Popularity

9 Americans Dead Sadr’s Popularity Grows versus British in Basra Guerrillas have used bombings to kill nine Americans since Monday. Four US GIs were killed […]

Juan Cole

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British Storm Basra Jail With Tanks

British Storm Basra Jail With Tanks

British Storm Basra Jail with Tanks Sabrina Tavernise of the New York Times gives the only account of alarming events in Basra I have yet […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Al Sadrs Response To Basra

Muqtada Al Sadrs Response To Basra

Muqtada Al-Sadr’s Response to Basra Events – Achcar Translation Gilbert Achcar writes: “The office of Muqtada al-Sadr published tonight (Sept 19) the following press release […]

Juan Cole

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Iranian Television On Basra Tensions

Iranian Television On Basra Tensions

Iranian Television on Basra Tensions BBC World Monitoring translated this report on Al-Alam, the Iranian Arabic-language satellite program, on Sept. 14: September 14, 2005, Wednesday […]

Juan Cole

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