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On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries
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On the Anniversary of Iran’s Revolution: Key Lessons for Revolutionaries

Farhang Jahanpour

Many people optimistically assume that popular revolutions against dictators will automatically establish democratic governments

“Gently, Brother!”  FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

“Gently, Brother!” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:36

02/11/2026 By Juan Cole

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

The new Axis of Resistance: Sino-Russian technological Enhancement of Iran’s Endurance

02/11/2026 By Middle East Monitor

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Kerry On Iraq Guest Editorial By

Kerry on Iraq: Guest Editorial by Joseph White Professor Joseph White, Director of the Center for Policy Studies at Case Western Reserve University, has kindly […]

Juan Cole

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Sistanis Threat January Elections Are

Sistanis Threat January Elections Are

Sistani’s Threat: January Elections are a Must Al-Zaman/DPA: The office of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has issued a demand that free and clean elections be […]

Juan Cole

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41 Dead Over 100 Wounded 2 Us Soldiers

41 Dead Over 100 Wounded 2 Us Soldiers

41 Dead, over 100 Wounded 2 US soldiers Killed Sunday Al-Jazeerah is reporting heavy fighting in the Shiite slums of East Baghdad between US forces […]

Juan Cole

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Corruption In Interim Government

Corruption In Interim Government

Corruption in the Interim Government “The Planet’s Supreme Kleptocracy” An informed reader writes: ‘ One aspect of the Iraqi reconstruction which hasn’t received sufficient attention […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Political Campaign Has Opened

Iraqi Political Campaign Has Opened

The Iraqi Political Campaign has Opened Scheherazade Faramarzi of AP has an excellent piece on the jockeying of Iraqi political parties with regard to the […]

Juan Cole

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Bombings And Other News Associated

Bombings And Other News Associated

Bombings and other News Associated Press reports the latest developments in Iraq. Highlights include the killing of 5 Iraqis in the Shiite ghetto of East […]

Juan Cole

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Larkin Against Horowitzs Neo

Larkin Against Horowitzs Neo

Larkin against Horowitz’s Neo-McCarthyism Graham Larkin of Stanford has penned an important article arguing against David Horowitz’s sinister proto-Stalinist social engineering project of “balancing” universities […]

Juan Cole

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What Does Global Mean Detractors Of

What Does Global Mean Detractors Of

What does “Global” Mean? Detractors of John Kerry are making much of this passage in his Thursday debate with George W. Bush: KERRY: The president […]

Juan Cole

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Of Fallujah And Kirkuk Us Forces

Of Fallujah And Kirkuk Us Forces

Of Fallujah and Kirkuk The US forces declared they had taken Samarra back away from the guerrilla resistance, though they admitted there there were still […]

Juan Cole

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