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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade
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Why China is Defying Trump’s Tariffs on Iran Trade

Mohammad Eslami

Chinese policy and security circles interpret the tariff threat less as an attempt to alter Iran’s behavior than as a signal to third parties

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

2025 was Earth’s 3rd-Warmest Year on Record

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Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

Trump’s $1.5 trillion Gamble: Will Endless Conflict win Midterm Votes?

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Uia Member Calls For Jaafari To Step

Uia Member Calls For Jaafari To Step

UIA Member Calls for Jaafari to Step Down A member of the United Iraqi Alliance called publicly Saturday for Ibrahim Jaafari to step down as […]

Juan Cole

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Ayatollah Yaqubi Demands Khalilzads

Ayatollah Yaqubi Demands Khalilzads

Ayatollah Yaqubi Demands Khalilzad’s Expulsion Maliki: “US Will Destroy Iraq” Mortar shells, bombings and assassinations killed 9 in Iraq on Friday, in Baghdad and Kirkuk. […]

Juan Cole

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Neocon Imaginary Middle East Again

Neocon Imaginary Middle East Again

The Neocon Imaginary Middle East: Again Speaking of political frauds, the Web site Newshog has nailed Kenneth R. Timmerman for falsely alleging that Iran has […]

Juan Cole

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Al Anizi Us Is Training Insubordinate

Al Anizi Us Is Training Insubordinate

Al-Anizi: The US is Training an Insubordinate Iraqi Army Sistani Blows off Bush Guerrillas shot dead 8 oil workers at the Baiji refinery north of […]

Juan Cole

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Attacks On Businesses Multiply

Attacks On Businesses Multiply

Attacks on Businesses Multiply Political Gridlock Continues A US soldier was killed in Habbaniyah and another was shot dead south of Baghdad. Guerrillas tried to […]

Juan Cole

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If You Cant Do It Just Make It Up Has

If You Cant Do It Just Make It Up Has

If you can’t do it, Just make it up Has any conflict since the Spanish American War been so much a fantasy of the yellow […]

Juan Cole

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Cole Receives Aronson Award From

Cole Receives Aronson Award From

Cole Receives Aronson Award from Hunter College Blogging as journalism just got a huge lift. Editors and Publishers carries the announcement that the James Aronson […]

Juan Cole

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Kamal Sayid Qadir Jailed For Criticism

Kamal Sayid Qadir Jailed For Criticism

Kamal Sayid Qadir Jailed for Criticism of Barzani The proto-fascist mini-state of the Kurdistan Democratic Party in Arbil [Irbil], northern Iraq, has sentenced an Austrian-Kurdish […]

Juan Cole

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Dozens Kidnapped Killed Wounded Car

Dozens Kidnapped Killed Wounded Car

Dozens Kidnapped, Killed, Wounded A car bomb wounded 11 in an attack on police in the norther part of the city of Hilla. Guerrillas killed […]

Juan Cole

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