The newspaper received a large amount of criticism among the Left in Germany due to its opaque stance on the upcoming Iraq War in 2002 and its criticism of then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s use of anti-war politics in his re-election campaign of the same year.
Koran menerima banyak kritik di kalangan Kiri di Jerman karena sikap buramnya terhadap Perang Irak mendatang pada tahun 2002 dan kritik terhadap penggunaan poliik anti-perang Kanselir Gerhard Schröder dalam kampanye pemilihan kembali tahun yang sama.