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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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Rebuilding Iraqs Universities Guest

Rebuilding Iraq’s Universities Guest Editorial by Keith Watenpaugh Keith Watenpaugh kindly permitted me to reproduce some of his talk here. JRIC. Rebuilding Iraq’s Academic Community: […]

Juan Cole

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President Al Yawir Decries Collective

President Al Yawir Decries Collective

President al-Yawir Decries “Collective Punishment” 13 Killed in Continued Battles Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawir strongly protested US air strikes against Iraqi cities, comparing them to […]

Juan Cole

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Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics?

Is Justice Being Delayed by Bush Administration Politics? Several high-profile FBI investigations, in which substantial progress have been made, may well have been put on […]

Juan Cole

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On Virtues Of Changing Mind It Is

On Virtues Of Changing Mind It Is

On the Virtues of Changing the Mind It is depressing for me to see George W. Bush on the stump doing a stand-up comedy routine […]

Juan Cole

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Demolition Of Old City In Najaf I Got

Demolition Of Old City In Najaf I Got

Demolition of Old City in Najaf? I got two interesting messages about Najaf today. The first was from Dr. Kamil Mahdi, who has lectured in […]

Juan Cole

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Pelosi Derails Cia Plan To Buy Iraq

Pelosi Derails Cia Plan To Buy Iraq

Pelosi Derails CIA Plan to Buy Iraq Elections Time Magazine reports that the Bush administration had had a plan to use the Central Intelligence Agency […]

Juan Cole

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Sadrists To Boycott Elections Daraji

Sadrists To Boycott Elections Daraji

Sadrists to Boycott Elections: Daraji Shaikh Abdul Hadi al-Daraji, a lieutenant of the young Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, said Monday that Muqtada would not contest […]

Juan Cole

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Violence Kills 23 Us Soldiers Wounded

Violence Kills 23 Us Soldiers Wounded

Violence Kills 23 US Soldiers Wounded at Karama Al-Arabiyah is reporting that guerrillas detonated a car bomb near a national guard facility in Mosul, killing […]

Juan Cole

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Bush Falsehoods About Iraq Adam Entous

Bush Falsehoods About Iraq Adam Entous

Bush Falsehoods about Iraq Adam Entous of Reuters is too polite to put it this way, but the conclusion is easily extracted from his article […]

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