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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts
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Protests in Iran and the Dark Memory of Internet Blackouts

Mohammad Eslami

Political slogans grew sharper, and in some places the protests shifted from economic dissent to open calls for regime change.

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

Could Trump’s Diversion of Venezuelan Oil to US Save the Iranian Regime?

01/11/2026 By Juan Cole

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian Unrest is about more than the Economy

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Bomb Blast In Baghdad Kills 1 Us

Bomb Blast In Baghdad Kills 1 Us

Bomb blast in Baghdad kills 1 US soldier, 4 Iraqis, wounds 16 Guerrillas set off a bomb in Baghdad as a US military convoy was […]

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Muqtada Threatens General Strike In His

Muqtada Threatens General Strike In His

Muqtada threatens General Strike In his Friday sermon, young Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened to announce general strike if the US military did not release […]

Juan Cole

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Guerrillas Fire Artillery Shells At

Guerrillas Fire Artillery Shells At

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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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Police Station Attack In Ramadi Wounds

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 […]

Juan Cole

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Census Plan Bypasses Igc Iraqi Census

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 […]

Juan Cole

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Revived Al Jihad Al Islami In Egypt Al

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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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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 […]

Juan Cole

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