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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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Descent Into Hell Is Optional Patrick

Descent Into Hell Is Optional Patrick

The Descent into Hell is Optional Patrick McGreevy writes from Beirut: ‘ The Descent into Hell Is Optional The day after most of our American […]

Juan Cole

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Dershowitz And Grades Of Human Beings

Dershowitz And Grades Of Human Beings

Dershowitz and Grades of Human Beings Alan “Torture is OK” Dershowitz is annoyed that the Israelis have been accused of killing innocent civilians. He is […]

Juan Cole

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Aub Relief Effort Send Money It Can

Aub Relief Effort Send Money It Can

AUB Relief Effort Send money It can also be sent via the American University in Beirut’s New York office. AUB is an educational institution incorporated […]

Juan Cole

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Sunday Afternoon Reading Kos Diary On

Sunday Afternoon Reading Kos Diary On

Sunday Afternoon Reading Kos Diary on Kalman’s piece about the preplanned character of Israel’s war on Lebanon. Candide’s Notebooks – Lebanese-American Blog. Congress and the […]

Juan Cole

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War On Lebanon Planned For At Least

War On Lebanon Planned For At Least

War on Lebanon Planned for at least a Year The Bush Administration’s Grand Strategy and the Birth Pangs of Terror Israeli war planes hit the […]

Juan Cole

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Huge Blast In Shiite Sadr City Kills

Huge Blast In Shiite Sadr City Kills

Huge Blast in Shiite Sadr City Kills 33 Muqtada Calls on al-Maliki to Boycott Washington over Israeli Assault on Lebanon Guerrillas detonated a massive car […]

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Stem Cell Veto Bush Yes Dear I

Stem Cell Veto Bush Yes Dear I

Stem Cell Veto BUSH: “Yes, dear, I understand that stem cell research would let you dance at the masked ball. But the Republican Party needs […]

Juan Cole

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Us Isolated As Rift Grows With Uk Even

Us Isolated As Rift Grows With Uk Even

US Isolated as Rift Grows with UK Even the British Foreign Office has now broken with the Washington consensus on the Israeli assault on Lebanon, […]

Juan Cole

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Israel Hits Christian Television In

Israel Hits Christian Television In

Israel hits Christian Television in Christian North Lebanon, Kills TV Man Hizbullah rocket launchers are in the far south of Lebanon and Hizbullah is a […]

Juan Cole

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