First, links to two analyses via Informed Comment; others are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s MEDIA, and for IRAN 9-2-26.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 2  War has shifted how power works in Iran, by Andreas Krieg | King’s College London / Informed Comment  When Washington unveiled its economic “D-Day” on Aug. 19, the latest tightening of the financial siege and the blockade around Iran’s ports, it believed it was applying decisive leverage. But in Tehran . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM SEPT. 2  Shanghai Cooperation Organization roundly condemns war on Iran, by Juan Cole | Informed Comment  ANN ARBOR — The Shanghai Cooperation Organization wrapped up its summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Tuesday. Its members include Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. READ MORE . . .

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