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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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Israel Connections To Iraq Occupation

Israel Connections to the Iraq Occupation Delinda Hanley charges that there is a strong Israeli connection to US plans for Iraq, citing three developments. One […]

Juan Cole

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Muqtadas Softer Side More Extended

Muqtadas Softer Side More Extended

Muqtada’s Softer Side A more extended analysis of Muqtada al-Sadr’s recent softening toward the US presence and his turn to playing ordinary politics instead of […]

Juan Cole

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Klein Not Just Troops Out Now But

Klein Not Just Troops Out Now But

Klein: Not Just “Troops Out Now” but “Contractors Out Now” Journalist Naomi Klein says, “It’s too late to stop the war, but it’s not too […]

Juan Cole

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Iraq Faces Bitter Winter Without Enough

Iraq Faces Bitter Winter Without Enough

Iraq faces Bitter Winter without enough Kerosene Iraq will need half a billion liters of kerosene this winter, according to a Reuters report, but only […]

Juan Cole

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Alnasrawi Privatization Is Wrongheaded

Alnasrawi Privatization Is Wrongheaded

Alnasrawi: Privatization is Wrongheaded The eminent Iraqi-born economist Abbas Alnasrawi of the University of Vermont has written a wide-ranging argument against the immediate privatization of […]

Juan Cole

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You Will All Be Following In Other News

You Will All Be Following In Other News

You will all be following in other news sources the story of the downed Blackhawk helicopter and further US casualties. I’m at a conference and […]

Juan Cole

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Sunni Fundamentalists Protest Arrests

Sunni Fundamentalists Protest Arrests

Sunni Fundamentalists Protest arrests of Clergy 500 Sunni Islamists demonstrated in the streets of Baghdad on Friday, representing the Higher Islamic Institute and other Muslim […]

Juan Cole

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Number Of Iraqi Pilgrims To Mecca Will

Number Of Iraqi Pilgrims To Mecca Will

Number of Iraqi Pilgrims to Mecca will Double The Islamic Foundations Board of Iraq announced that it would double the number of Iraqis permitted to […]

Juan Cole

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Multinational Troops Hit In Iraq Polish

Multinational Troops Hit In Iraq Polish

Multinational Troops Hit in Iraq; Polish Officer, 6 Ukrainians Wounded The Polish military announced Friday that the multinational force under its command, which includes Bulgarians, […]

Juan Cole

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