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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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Accountability Moment And Hersh On

Accountability Moment And Hersh On

The Accountability Moment and Hersh on Iran Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh threw Washington, Islamabad and Tehran into consternation Monday with his report in the New […]

Juan Cole

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Al Abbudi Sistani Endorses United

Al Abbudi Sistani Endorses United

Al-Abbudi: Sistani Endorses the United Iraqi Alliance Al-Zaman reports via AFP that Shaikh Naji al-Abbudi, a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, spoke at a […]

Juan Cole

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Major Fighting In Ramadi Mosul Kut Al

Major Fighting In Ramadi Mosul Kut Al

Major Fighting in Ramadi, Mosul, Kut al-Zaman says that a US soldier was killed Saturday at Babil, the site of ancient Babylon, where the US […]

Juan Cole

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Curfew Measures On Election Day Events

Curfew Measures On Election Day Events

Curfew Measures on Election Day Events conspired to undermine the Iraqi government’s attempts to reassure the public that procedures for voting would be secure. Judge […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtada Outside Powers Should Not

Muqtada Outside Powers Should Not

Muqtada: “Outside Powers Should Not Interfere in Elections” Pachachi: Expatriate Iraqis must Vote Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Shaikh Nasir al-Sa`idi, the Friday prayers leader of al-Muhsin Mosque […]

Juan Cole

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Polling Sites Soldiers Electoral

Polling Sites Soldiers Electoral

Polling Sites, Soldiers, Electoral Workers Targeted Guerrillas bombed a polling site in Sharqat north of Baghdad, destroying it but causing no casualties. In Baghdad, a […]

Juan Cole

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7 Dead 38 Wounded In Shiite Mosque

7 Dead 38 Wounded In Shiite Mosque

7 Dead, 38 Wounded in Shiite Mosque Bombing Two Aides of Sistani Killed Guerrillas parked a car bomb outside a Shiite mosque in the eastern […]

Juan Cole

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Election News No Ayatollahs No

Election News No Ayatollahs No

Election News: No Ayatollahs, no Israelis Al-Hayat: The Iraqi National Accord has lodged a formal complaint with the Iraqi electoral commission against the use by […]

Juan Cole

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Absolutely Sometimes You Have To Go To

Absolutely Sometimes You Have To Go To

Absolutely? Sometimes you have to go to the regional newspapers for the punchy editorials. The Pentagon’s announcement that the search for Iraqi weapons of mass […]

Juan Cole

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