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Death of a Director:  Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema
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Death of a Director: Bahram Beyzai, Pioneer of Iran’s New Age Cinema

Fariba Amini

After much struggle with censorship and pressure, he finally left Iran in 2010

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“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

“Through the Seventh Gate:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:31

12/30/2025 By Juan Cole

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

Confirmed: Epstein-Dershowitz Campaign against Mearsheimer-Walt’s ‘The Israel Lobby’

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Guerrillas fire Artillery Shells at Spanish in Diwaniyah The Spanish Plus Ultra squad has come under fire numerous times during the past week from guerrillas […]

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Iraqi Women Broadcasters Versus

Iraqi Women Broadcasters versus the Ayatollahs Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported on Dec. 3 that officials of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq […]

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Police Station Attack In Ramadi Wounds

Police Station attack in Ramadi wounds 6; US vehicle blown up in Baghdad Guerrillas attacked a police station in the western (Sunni Arab) town of […]

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Census Plan Bypasses Igc Iraqi Census

Census Plan bypasses IGC The Iraqi Census Bureau made up a plan that would have allowed a census to be completed by September 1, but […]

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Revived Al Jihad Al Islami In Egypt Al

Revived al-Jihad al-Islami in Egypt Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Egypt has arrested 27 members of a new splinter group from al-Jihad al-Islami, the militant Islamist […]

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Israeli Intelligence Failures

Israeli Intelligence Failures

Israeli Intelligence Failures Contributed to Iraq War Fever Respected Israeli security thinker Shlomo Brom argues in the current Strategic Assessment that Mossad fell down on […]

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Larry Kaplow Of Atlanta Journal

Larry Kaplow of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that clerical followers of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani are beginning to threaten direct political action if his […]

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Us Soldier Killed In Samarra Guerrillas

Us Soldier Killed In Samarra Guerrillas

US Soldier Killed in Samarra Guerrillas used a roadside bomb to attack a 4th Infantry Division convoy in Samarra’, killing one US soldier on Monday.

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Oxford Research Center Iraq Opinion

Oxford Research Center Iraq Opinion Poll Helena Cobban summarizes briefly the Oxford Research Center’s recent opinion poll in Iraq. She highlights the finding that what […]

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