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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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Partition Of Iraq Would Be Wrong

Partition Of Iraq Would Be Wrong

Partition of Iraq Would be Wrong: Dawisha Adeed Dawisha an Iraqi political scientist, explains why talk of partitioning Iraq is wrong. ” . . . […]

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Caretaker Government May Contain

Caretaker Government may Contain the Expatriate Politicians Alissa Rubin of the LA Times reports that the original Brahimi plan has had to be abandoned, a […]

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Caretaker Government May Contain

Caretaker Government may Contain the Expatriate Politicians Alissa Rubin of the LA Times reports that the original Brahimi plan has had to be abandoned, a […]

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Partition Of Iraq Would Be Wrong

Partition Of Iraq Would Be Wrong

Partition of Iraq Would be Wrong: Dawisha Adeed Dawisha an Iraqi political scientist, explains why talk of partitioning Iraq is wrong. ” . . . […]

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Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations of Prisoner Abuse, Berg Murder in Middle East From BBC World Monitoring: “Egypt condemns Iraq torture, beheading: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Mahir on 13 […]

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Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations Of Prisoner Abuse Berg

Condemnations of Prisoner Abuse, Berg Murder in Middle East From BBC World Monitoring: “Egypt condemns Iraq torture, beheading: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Mahir on 13 […]

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Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try to Take out a US Ambassador? There is strong evidence in recently released diplomatic papers that Israel’s secret police, Mossad, attempted to […]

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Did Israel Try To Take Out Us

Did Israel Try to Take out a US Ambassador? There is strong evidence in recently released diplomatic papers that Israel’s secret police, Mossad, attempted to […]

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