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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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Harkin Cheney Is Cowardly Iowa Senator

Harkin: Cheney is Cowardly Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has let Dick Cheney have it over Cheney’s questioning of John Kerry’s ability to understand the war […]

Juan Cole

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Majority Report Have Been Doing Lot Of

Majority Report Have Been Doing Lot Of

Majority Report Have been doing a lot of radio, which I enjoy because often the discussion can get to the bottom of things. Will be […]

Juan Cole

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Washington Post Online Discussion My

Washington Post Online Discussion My

Washington Post Online Discussion My online discussion with readers today is at Washingtonpost.com.

Juan Cole

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Wapo And Nyt Duel On Sigificance Of

Wapo And Nyt Duel On Sigificance Of

WaPo and NYT Duel on Sigificance of National Congress One of the wonderful things about the internet is that it is easier than ever to […]

Juan Cole

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Fadlallah Americans Must Be Forced To

Fadlallah Americans Must Be Forced To

Fadlallah: Americans must be Forced to Withdraw Just saw an interview on al-Jazeerah with the Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah, who has been […]

Juan Cole

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Al Haeri Weighs In Al Jazeerahs Crawl

Al Haeri Weighs In Al Jazeerahs Crawl

Al-Haeri Weighs in Al-Jazeerah’s crawl is saying that Grand Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, based in Qom, has issued a fatwa or ruling that no Iraqi Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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Thousands Stream To Najaf Thousands Of

Thousands Stream To Najaf Thousands Of

Thousands Stream to Najaf Thousands of Shiites are streaming toward Najaf in hopes of forming a human shield around Muqtada al-Sadr, according to al-Hayat. Many […]

Juan Cole

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Oil Pipeline Closed Costing Iraqi

Oil Pipeline Closed Costing Iraqi

Oil Pipeline Closed, Costing Iraqi Government $30 Million a day The continued instability in the Shiite areas of southern Iraq, especially threats of sabotage by […]

Juan Cole

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It Takes Following To Make Ayatollah

It Takes Following To Make Ayatollah

It Takes a Following to Make an Ayatollah My op-ed on Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr is in Sunday’s Washington Post.

Juan Cole

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