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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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Shiite Issues In News Thousands Of

Shiite Issues In News Thousands Of

Shiite Issues in the News Thousands of Shiites gathered in Najaf to mourn the 1999 assassination of Ayatollah Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr and other Shiite figures […]

Juan Cole

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10 Us Soldiers Wounded 6 Other

10 Us Soldiers Wounded 6 Other

10 US soldiers Wounded, 6 other Coalition Troops Killed, 36 wounded; Governor of Karbala Hospitalized with 80 other wounded Civilians Guerillas launched four massive car […]

Juan Cole

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Bam Earthquake Kills 20000 Enormity Of

Bam Earthquake Kills 20000 Enormity Of

Bam Earthquake Kills 20,000 The enormity of 20,000 persons being suddenly wiped out by an earthquake is just hard for me to fathom. There is […]

Juan Cole

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Bremer To Blair No Weapons Labs Cover

Bremer To Blair No Weapons Labs Cover

Bremer to Blair: No Weapons Labs The cover story of the Bush administration about the reasons for the Iraq war has become so full of […]

Juan Cole

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Al Hakim Calls For Un Involvement In

Al Hakim Calls For Un Involvement In

Al-Hakim Calls for UN Involvement In a news conference in Baghdad, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, temporary president of the Interim Governing Council, said that when in […]

Juan Cole

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Gang That Couldnt Shoot Straight

Gang That Couldnt Shoot Straight

The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight Although Baghdad was shaken by a series of six rocket attacks on Thursday, the guerrillas managed to do very […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Religious Groups Form Council Nyt

Sunni Religious Groups Form Council Nyt

Sunni Religious Groups form Council The NYT is reporting that Sunni Arab religious groupings met on Thursday and are seeking to establish a Sunni Arab […]

Juan Cole

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Sistani Stands Ground On Demand For

Sistani Stands Ground On Demand For

Sistani Stands Ground on Demand for General Elections AFP reports that six members of the Interim Governing Council met with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in […]

Juan Cole

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Some Mujahidin I Khalq Terrorists To Be

Some Mujahidin I Khalq Terrorists To Be

Some Mujahidin-i Khalq Terrorists to be Tried in Iraq The Mujahidin-i Khalq terrorist organization, which has committed mass murder in Iran, was given refuge in […]

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