Informed Comment Homepage

Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion

Header Right

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Featured
  • US politics
  • Middle East
  • Environment
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Energy
  • Economy
  • Politics
  • About
  • Archives
  • Submissions

© 2026 Informed Comment

  • Skip to content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Main Content

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope
Donald Trump

Trump, at War with a Shiite Country, knows nothing of Martyrdom or Apocalyptic Hope

Juan Cole

To the packed crowd, he described Khamenei as a martyr, a spiritual guide, and the physician for pain.

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

Warriors and Soldiers and the War in Iran

03/07/2026 By Arnold Oliver

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

As the Gulf Conflict widens, so does its Environmental Footprint

03/07/2026 By Dialogue Earth

More Stories

Uncategorized
Republicans Iraq And Islamic Republic

Republicans Iraq And Islamic Republic

The Republicans’ Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iraq A guerrilla attack on a police station at Mahawil south of Baghdad left 22 police and […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Letter To Jonah Goldberg Reader Ccd Me

Letter To Jonah Goldberg Reader Ccd Me

Letter to Jonah Goldberg A reader cc’d me with this letter to Jonah Goldberg and allowed me to share it here. Jonah: In your post […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Focus On Elections In Iraq Al Hayat

Focus On Elections In Iraq Al Hayat

Focus on Elections in Iraq Al-Hayat: An official spokesman for the Da`wa Party said Saturday that its political office had put forward Ibrahim Jafari as […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Wolcott On Goldbergs Language

Wolcott On Goldbergs Language

Wolcott on Goldberg’s Language Competencies James Wolcott of Vanity Fair weighs in on the Goldberg/Cole debate. My favorite line: “Yes, but Jonah speaks fluent Simpsons, […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Shiite Religious Coalition Dominates

Shiite Religious Coalition Dominates

Shiite Religious Coalition Dominates Parliamentary Voting With 3.3 million votes counted from about 10 mostly southern provinces, the United Iraqi Alliance of mainly Shiite religious […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Jonah Goldberg Embarrasses Himself

Jonah Goldberg Embarrasses Himself

Jonah Goldberg Embarrasses Himself Once Again Jonah Goldberg attacked yours truly in a column recently. I think it is time to be frank about some […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
2 Us Soldiers Killed 5 Wounded 19

2 Us Soldiers Killed 5 Wounded 19

2 US soldiers Killed, 5 wounded 19 Iraqis killed; Mosque Bombed CNN reports that guerrillas used a roadside bomb to kill two US soldiers and […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Guerrillas Kill 29 Incl

Guerrillas Kill 29 Incl

Guerrillas Kill 29, Incl. 3 Marines Sistani List Looks set to Win Big Late in the Iraqi election season, interim Prime Minister Allawi and his […]

Juan Cole

Uncategorized
Guest Editorial Arato On

Guest Editorial Arato On

Guest Editorial: Arato on Constitutional Participation in Iraq Constitutional Participation in Iraq by Andrew Arato The election of January 30, 2005 was Sistani’s victory. It […]

Juan Cole

  • « Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • …
  • Page 2829
  • Page 2830
  • Page 2831
  • Page 2832
  • Page 2833
  • …
  • Page 3087
  • Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Latest

Iran

The Other Iran, of Joy and Wine: FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:40

Juan Cole

Israel/ Palestine

De-Healthification: Israel’s Engineered Collapse of Palestinian Life

Al-Shabaka

Donald Trump

Why the Trump Administration’s use of Legality in a Lawless Fashion, is worse than just Law-Breaking

Maha Hilal

Featured

A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure

Fariba Amini

Popular

  • Iran is fighting a Techno-Guerrilla War, as the US and Israel fight a Conventional One
  • Juan Cole on Iran War: "Shock and Awe didn't Work in Iraq, either" (TRT, Bradblog)
  • A Poet and an Ayatollah have Passed, but Iran, the land of Rumi and Hafez, must Endure
  • Recent Elections Show Weaponizing Antisemitism to Protect Israel Is Backfiring
  • The Controversial Death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Sign up for our newsletter

Informed Comment © 2026 All Rights Reserved