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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

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Turkey
In Devastating Earthquake, Many Turkish Buildings Tragically Pancaked - But Why?

In Devastating Earthquake, Many Turkish Buildings Tragically Pancaked – But Why?

By Mark Quigley, The University of Melbourne | – (The Conversation) – A pair of huge earthquakes have struck in Turkey, leaving more than 3,000 […]

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Houthi
Houthis Violating Women’s and Girls’ Rights in Yemen: UN Experts Highlight Widespread Harm

Houthis Violating Women’s and Girls’ Rights in Yemen: UN Experts Highlight Widespread Harm

By Niku Jafarnia, Bahrain and Yemen Researcher, Middle East and North Africa Division | – ( Human Rights Watch ) – Several United Nations human […]

Human Rights Watch

Employment
Poverty amid Plenty:  A World Fragmented by Inequality

Poverty amid Plenty: A World Fragmented by Inequality

By Liz Theoharis | – ( Tomdispatch.com) – A few weeks ago, the world’s power brokers — politicians, CEOs, millionaires, billionaires — met in Davos, […]

Liz Theoharis

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With Thousands Dead or Wounded, Will earthquake Aid for Syria be Impeded by US Sanctions?

With Thousands Dead or Wounded, Will earthquake Aid for Syria be Impeded by US Sanctions?

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A 7.8 earthquake that struck south-central Turkey and northwest Syria early on Monday morning. Although over two thousand are being […]

Juan Cole

Houthi
Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War (Review)

Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War (Review)

Review of Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Yemen in the Shadow of Transition: Pursuing Justice Amid War (London: Hurst and Co., 2022). Greifswald, Germany (Special to Informed […]

Marc Martorell Junyent

Iran
Suspected Israeli Drone Strike In Iran Part Of New ‘Containment Strategy’

Suspected Israeli Drone Strike In Iran Part Of New ‘Containment Strategy’

( RFE/ RL ) – A suspected Israeli drone strike hit an Iranian military facility in Isfahan on January 28, in an attack that is […]

Golnaz Esfandiari

Arctic
Climate Crisis: Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its Sea Ice

Climate Crisis: Atmospheric rivers are hitting the Arctic more often, and increasingly melting its Sea Ice

By Pengfei Zhang, Penn State | – (The Conversation) – Atmospheric rivers, those long, powerful streams of moisture in the sky, are becoming more frequent […]

The Conversation

Authoritarianism
Iran's Khamenei admits to holding "Tens of Thousands" of Prisoners of Conscience, Offers Amnesty if they Apologize for anti-Regime Protests

Iran’s Khamenei admits to holding “Tens of Thousands” of Prisoners of Conscience, Offers Amnesty if they Apologize for anti-Regime Protests

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The official website of Iran’s “August Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced Sunday that “tens of thousands” (دهها هزار) of political […]

Juan Cole

China
Was the Chinese Spy Balloon a Sign of Infighting among China's Power Elite?

Was the Chinese Spy Balloon a Sign of Infighting among China’s Power Elite?

Nashville (Special to Informed Comment) – China’s balloon incursion was no accident but an expression of both internal Chinese politics and of its foreign policy. […]

Michael G. Roskin

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