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  • 3 days ago | juancole.com | Ibrahim Al-Marashi |Juan Cole

    Iran, Israel, the US, Russia, and China are interconnected by rumors of cyberattacks and sabotageBy Mohammad Eslami and Ibrahim Marashi | –Braga, Portugal and San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment, Feature) – As negotiations between Iran and the United States entered a critical third round, an unexpected disaster struck one of Iran’s most vital logistical arteries.

  • 3 days ago | juancole.com | Juan Cole

    By RFE/RL’s Radio Farda( RFE/ RL ) – The fourth round of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States has ended in Muscat, with Tehran suggesting a new round will be scheduled by Omani mediators. Iranian Foreign Minister spokesman Esmail Baqaei wrote on X that the talks on May 11 were “difficult but useful” to help “better understand each other’s positions and to find reasonable and realistic ways” to resolve differences. “Next round will be coordinated and announced by Oman,” he wrote.

  • 3 days ago | juancole.com | Joshua Frank |Juan Cole

    ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Ancient oak trees rise above gigantic boulders scattered across a high desert mesa in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. This is Oak Flat (Chi’ chil Bildagoteel), a sacred site for Native Americans, including the Western and San Carlos Apache. And like many other lands across the West, it’s under grave threat from multinational mining interests, all in the name of climate mitigation, but most importantly, for the money.

  • 4 days ago | scheerpost.com | Juan Cole

    By Juan Cole / Informed CommentAnn Arbor (Informed Comment) – Middle East Eye reports that Saudi Arabia pressured the Trump administration to cease bombing Yemen in advance of his planned trip to the Kingdom next week because such raids would be an embarrassment for him and his host. Trump said Tuesday that he was convinced that the Houthis were sincere in their new pledge to cease targeting shipping in the Red Sea.

  • 4 days ago | juancole.com | Marc Martorell Junyent |Juan Cole

    Review of Mohammad Tarbush, My Palestine: An Impossible Exile (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024)Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– –– It is probably impossible for a single autobiography to capture the lengths of modern Palestinian history. But if one book can get close to this, it is Mohammad Tarbush’s “My Palestine: An Impossible Exit.” Tarbush, who passed away in 2022, had an extraordinary life.

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Juan Cole
Juan Cole @jricole
12 May 25

When Politics Leaves Reality Behind https://t.co/h8IbFXSLzf via @jricole

Juan Cole
Juan Cole @jricole
12 May 25

Are Cyberattacks and Iran’s Port Explosion the First Salvo in Disrupting U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks? https://t.co/FhkB9WPd5i

Juan Cole
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12 May 25

Iran, US Conclude ‘Difficult But Useful’ Round Of Nuclear Talks In Oman https://t.co/cq3sCiiN0m