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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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National Congress Postponed Fighting

National Congress Postponed Fighting in Nasiriyah In a sign that the political situation in Iraq is even worse than anyone had suspected, the caretaker Iraqi […]

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Kerry Plan On Iraq How It Could Work

Kerry Plan On Iraq How It Could Work

The Kerry Plan on Iraq: How it Could Work if the UN were Brought In In his speech to the National Democratic Convention, John Kerry […]

Juan Cole

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120 Dead In Bombings Clashes In Iraq 4

120 Dead In Bombings Clashes In Iraq 4

120 Dead in Bombings, Clashes in Iraq 4 US Troops Killed Wire services report that 120 persons died in separate incidents in Iraq on Wednesday, […]

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Cheney Watch Vice President Dick

Cheney Watch Vice President Dick Cheney gave his stump speech in Utah on Wednesday, attempting to rally the Republican faithful while the national spotlight remained […]

Juan Cole

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Iraqi Economy In Travail Ken Dilanian

Iraqi Economy In Travail Ken Dilanian

Iraqi Economy in Travail Ken Dilanian reports on the woes of the Iraqi economy. His general impression is that unemployment remains between 28 percent and […]

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Arguing With Cheney Reuters Reports

Arguing With Cheney Reuters Reports

Arguing with Cheney Reuters reports that Dick Cheney was doing some counter-programming to the Democratic National Convention by speaking on the West Coast at Camp […]

Juan Cole

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14 Us Troops Wounded By Mortar Fire In

14 US Troops wounded by Mortar Fire in Baghdad 3 Iraqis die in Violence Paul Garwood of AP reports that on Tuesday, guerrillas successfully launched […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Iraqis Adopt Religious

Sunni Iraqis Adopt Religious

Sunni Iraqis adopt Religious Radicalism Others Support Saddam Dan Murphy of the Christian Science Monitor reports on the way in which Sunni Iraqis are turning […]

Juan Cole

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Preoccupation With Iraq Slowed Us Uk

Preoccupation With Iraq Slowed Us Uk

Preoccupation with Iraq Slowed US, UK Response to Darfur Crisis The Foreign Policy Centre in the UK is issuing a report that blames the Iraq […]

Juan Cole

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