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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True
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Top Things You Still Think You Know About Iran that are Not True

Juan Cole

A revised version of an essay from a long time ago. It didn’t need much revision. Belief: Iran is aggressive and has threatened to attack […]

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Facility: A Target Too Deep For Israeli Weapons Alone

06/21/2025 By Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

Trump’s contravention of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Led to Israel-Iran Escalation

06/21/2025 By The Conversation

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Archaeology
DNA Study: Medieval Iranian Merchants account for Half of the Ancestry of Swahili People of East African Coast

DNA Study: Medieval Iranian Merchants account for Half of the Ancestry of Swahili People of East African Coast

By Chapurukha Kusimba, University of South Florida and David Reich, Harvard University | – The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of […]

The Conversation

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Renewables outstrip Coal in US for first Time, with 50% of new Power being Solar

Renewables outstrip Coal in US for first Time, with 50% of new Power being Solar

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Energy Information Agency of the US Department of Energy announced this week that for the first time in US […]

Juan Cole

Islam
Humza Yousaf: Scotland gets a Muslim Leader in a moment of extraordinary Change for British Politics

Humza Yousaf: Scotland gets a Muslim Leader in a moment of extraordinary Change for British Politics

By Parveen Akhtar, Aston University and Timothy Peace, University of Glasgow | – Humza Yousaf’s appointment as first minister of Scotland is a historic moment […]

The Conversation

Afghanistan
Art As Therapy: Afghan Women Paint Their Experiences Under Taliban Rule

Art As Therapy: Afghan Women Paint Their Experiences Under Taliban Rule

women Afghanistan Taliban patriarchy male chauvinism art creativity

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

Russia
The War of Surprises in Ukraine: Could there be one Surprise too Many?

The War of Surprises in Ukraine: Could there be one Surprise too Many?

( Tomdispatch.com) – Some wars acquire names that stick. The Lancaster and York clans fought the War of the Roses from 1455-1485 to claim the […]

Rajan Menon

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Rallies, Clashes Roil Israel as Netanyahu "Pauses" Gutting of Judiciary, and Far Right urges use of "Gasoline and Guns" on Protesters

Rallies, Clashes Roil Israel as Netanyahu “Pauses” Gutting of Judiciary, and Far Right urges use of “Gasoline and Guns” on Protesters

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that clashed broke out Monday evening between centrist protesters against the Netanyahu government and […]

Juan Cole

China
As Longterm Partnership with US Fades, Saudi Arabia deals with China, Iran and Russia, too

As Longterm Partnership with US Fades, Saudi Arabia deals with China, Iran and Russia, too

By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University | – (The Conversation) – The fact that Saudi Arabia entered a rapprochement deal with Iran and chose China […]

The Conversation

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship (HRW)

Saudi Arabia: Law Enshrines Male Guardianship (HRW)

Human Rights Watch ) – (Beirut) – Saudi Arabia’s first codified law on personal status, issued on International Women’s Day in 2022, formally enshrines male […]

Human Rights Watch

Reproductive Choice
Ending a pregnancy in 14 states leaves few Options. Some Americans are looking to Europe and India for help

Ending a pregnancy in 14 states leaves few Options. Some Americans are looking to Europe and India for help

By: Kelcie Mosely Morris – ( Wisconsin Examiner) – The pills came in a dark salmon-colored envelope sealed with a plastic covering that traveled more […]

Wisconsin Examiner

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