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Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy
Donald Trump

Iran’s Samson Option: Gulf Oil Reprisals for Kharg would Crash the World Economy

Juan Cole

Any attack on its oil and energy infrastructure will lead to retaliatory strikes targeting facilities in the region owned by U.S. oil companies

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

The Israel-US and Iran War: A Geostrategic Transformation

03/14/2026 By Middle East Monitor

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

Iran: US Girls’ School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability (HRW)

03/14/2026 By Human Rights Watch

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Israel/ Palestine
Israel's Shin Bet Security Agency views "terrorist" Israeli Squatter-Settlers attacking Palestinians as Security Threat to Israel

Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency views “terrorist” Israeli Squatter-Settlers attacking Palestinians as Security Threat to Israel

By Adnan Abu Amer ( Middle East Monitor ) – The Israeli General Security Agency, Shin Bet, has recently issued a document in which it […]

Middle East Monitor

Climate Crisis
While World's Eyes were on Lahaina, Canadian Provincial Capital of Yellowknife was being Evacuated  for Wildfires

While World’s Eyes were on Lahaina, Canadian Provincial Capital of Yellowknife was being Evacuated for Wildfires

By Andrew Weaver, University of Victoria | = (The Conversation) – The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina in Hawaii was […]

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Israelis Rally against Gov't for 33rd Week, denouncing Branding Palestinian with Star of David and sending Women to back of Bus

Israelis Rally against Gov’t for 33rd Week, denouncing Branding Palestinian with Star of David and sending Women to back of Bus

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – For the 33rd week in a row, thousands of demonstrators came out Saturday night in Israel to protest the attempt […]

Juan Cole

Climate Crisis
Drilling our way to Climate Doom: The US leads the World in Oil and Gas Production

Drilling our way to Climate Doom: The US leads the World in Oil and Gas Production

By Edward Hunt | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – The United States is producing record amounts of oil and natural gas, despite the […]

Foreign Policy in Focus

Authoritarianism
70 Years ago, an Anglo-US Coup condemned Iran to Decades of Oppression -- But now the People are fighting Back

70 Years ago, an Anglo-US Coup condemned Iran to Decades of Oppression — But now the People are fighting Back

By Simin Fadaee, University of Manchester | – The 1953 coup d’etat in Iran ushered in a period of exploitation and oppression that has continued […]

The Conversation

CIA
On Anniversary of Republican Party's overthrow of the Iranian Gov't; Let's remember that on Jan. 6 it used the Same Techniques against our elected President

On Anniversary of Republican Party’s overthrow of the Iranian Gov’t; Let’s remember that on Jan. 6 it used the Same Techniques against our elected President

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – As the indictments by grand juries at the federal and state level show, there is good reason to believe that […]

Juan Cole

Constitution
Trump's Actions have Disqualified him from the Presidency -- as Georgia Indictment and Civil War History Show

Trump’s Actions have Disqualified him from the Presidency — as Georgia Indictment and Civil War History Show

By Joseph Ferguson, Loyola University Chicago and Thomas A. Durkin, Loyola University Chicago | – (The Conversation) – After three indictments of former President Donald […]

The Conversation

Climate Crisis
Germany: Even with Reduced Subsidies, Non-Gasoline Cars Comprised 46% of New Registrations in First 7 Months of 2023

Germany: Even with Reduced Subsidies, Non-Gasoline Cars Comprised 46% of New Registrations in First 7 Months of 2023

By Benjamin Wehrmann | – ( Clean Energy Wire ) – The share of fully electric passenger cars in Germany continues to grow quickly, with […]

Benjamin Wehrmann

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Imperial Hubris:   70 Years ago, the CIA overthrew the Parliamentary Gov't of Mosaddegh in Iran, and Washington has been Complaining about Iran ever Since

Imperial Hubris: 70 Years ago, the CIA overthrew the Parliamentary Gov’t of Mosaddegh in Iran, and Washington has been Complaining about Iran ever Since

Newark, Del. (Special to Informed Comment: Feature) – On August 19, seventy years ago, the legitimate government of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh was toppled in a […]

Fariba Amini

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