Juan Cole

Iran, 10-28-26

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Links to five reports and analyses: from Middle East Eye, the Cradle, Informed Comment, Middle East Monitor, and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down this date’s YEMEN, UKRAINE, ALL OF IT and WEST BANK so far, and down for IRAN 10-27-26.) — MCM

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U.S. warns Gulf of intense strikes on Iran after midterms: WSJ. From Middle East Eye. The U.S. has warned several Gulf Arab countries to be prepared for a short, intense military offensive against Iran after the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3, the Wall Street Journal reported today. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from the Cradle.

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FROM OCT. 27  Officials of Mecca Pact nations gather for talks in Tehran, defying Trump, by Juan Cole | Informed Comment  ANN ARBOR — Al Jazeera reports that on Monday, the three members of the Mecca security pact visited Tehran. Field Marshal Asim Munir of Pakistan, Saudi Minister of Defense Khalid Bin Salman, and Turkish Director of the National Intelligence Organization Ibrahim Kalin met  with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for an analysis from Middle East Monitor.  

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FROM OCT. 27  Russian satellites help Iran’s allies strike Saudi Arabia, data and officials say, by Sarah El Deeb and Samy Magdy | AP  BEIRUT — Iranian-backed militias carried out a precision strike last month, hitting the pumping stations of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil pipeline. Days later, another attack hit a Saudi military air base, damaging an Italian fighter jet inside a hangar. Click HERE for report with photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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Iran, 9-6-26

Links to reports from the Associated Press and National Public Radio, and to commentary from Informed Comment and Truthdig; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s 9/11 TRUTH and UKRAINE, and down for IRAN 9-5-26.) — MCM

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Iran claims a strike on a U.S. ship in the Strait of Hormuz but the U.S. denies it, by Samy Magdy and Julia Frankel | AP  CAIRO — Iran said today it struck an unmanned U.S. vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, a claim that the U.S. military dismissed as a “total lie.” The purported attack came . . . Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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In war crime, Trump sinks civilian Iranian tanker, disables 2 others, by Juan Cole | Informed Comment  ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Trump administration continues to fire on civilian Iranian targets in a campaign that has intensified in the first week of September after a relatively quiet August, returning the two countries to a dangerous active war footing. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for Aug. 5 report from NPR.

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FROM SEPT. 3  The war on Iran: Six months of epic failure, by Joe Cirincione | Truthdig / Informed Comment  We are in the seventh month of a war Donald Trump began on a whim, waged incoherently and lost decisively. But in the demented, steadily shrinking Trump World, he is a hero. Last week, he proudly declared “Mission Accomplished” on his own Truth Social site. READ MORE . . .

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