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Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”
China

Iran Seeks China’s help to Install 7 gigs of new Solar Capacity in “4th Industrial Revolution”

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With the prospect of new Iranian nuclear power plants looking dim after Israeli and American bombing of its civilian nuclear […]

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

Yemen: Journalists under Assault

09/14/2025 By Human Rights Watch

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

The 21st Century has a before and after Gaza: Brazilian Author Frei Betto,

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All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the US political establishment and press has been demonizing Gen. Qasem Soleimani since he was rubbed out by Trump, […]

Juan Cole

Donald Trump
Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine

( 48hills.org) – Trump blinked. After threatening to bomb military and cultural sites in Iran, President Donald Trump has apparently backed down on further escalation […]

Reese Erlich

Russia
Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Is Russian Imperialism in Syria, with its Vast Human Toll, a Vanity Project for Vladimir Putin?

Radwan Zyada | – (Middle East Monitor) – Russian President Putin made a surprise visit to Damascus [on January 7], during which he met Bashar […]

Middle East Monitor

Donald Trump
Trump's Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam

Trump’s Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam

By Deina Abdelkader | – Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who promoted the religious and political influence of the Iranian regime across the Middle East with covert […]

The Conversation

Democratic Party
Americans re: Iran:  A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in

Americans re: Iran: A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A USA Today opinion poll reported by Susan Page shows that the American people view Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. […]

Juan Cole

Yemen
Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression

Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression

Beachwood, Oh. (Special to Informed Comment) – With precarious standoffs in Libya’s Tripoli and Syria’s Idlib on the verge of collapsing amid fresh waves of […]

Eian Katz

Afghanistan
The Global War of Error:  and No, that is not a Typo

The Global War of Error: and No, that is not a Typo

( Tomdispatch.com) – Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country’s a nightmare of inequality, and there’s a self-promoting madman in the White […]

Tom Engelhardt

United Kingdom
We Can Do it: In 10 Years, even Tory Britain Dumped Coal and went to 21% Wind

We Can Do it: In 10 Years, even Tory Britain Dumped Coal and went to 21% Wind

By Grant Wilson, Iain Staffell and Noah Godfrey | – In 2010, Great Britain generated 75% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. But […]

The Conversation

Donald Trump
"Don't Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq" - Provoked by Trump's Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military

“Don’t Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq” – Provoked by Trump’s Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to al-Bina’, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (the Movement of the Nobles of the Party of God), led by Akram al-Kaabi, […]

Juan Cole

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