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Pleased to unveil this report, the fruit of several months of research and writing. Many thanks to
@WashInstitute
for the opportunity. I'll provide a summary of its main findings in a few tweets.
Iranian Perceptions of the U.S. Soft Power Threat, by
@AmirToumaj
for
@WashInstitute
. In-depth study on Tehran's anxieties about Western cultural invasion and how that informs worldviews and policies, ranging from ties with U.S. to public morality laws.
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Omidvar Rezai, brother of former IRGC chief Mohsen, has allegedly bought land north of Toronto valued at $150 million, and traveled to Canada 2 weeks ago.
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@camanpour
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U.S. to Designate Iranian Guard Corps a Foreign Terrorist Organization
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Supreme Leader Khamenei releases a statement expressing condolences for the deaths of Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Muhandis, declared three days of public mourning, and vows "hard revenge."
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It's worth keeping in mind that a good chunk of Western pundits and experts completely missed or disregarded the depth of anger across different political and social groups in Iran toward the Islamic Republic, as well as increasing realization that reform is no longer possible.
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The Islamic Republic spent over 43 years and billions of dollars on ideological programs in schools and TV to depict America as the enemy. Now many across the country celebrate the Great Satan’s win against IRI team. What a humiliating defeat for the Islamic Republic.
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Isn't it strange that Trump administration has done more on Beijing's campaign to exterminate Islam in China than Muslim countries combined?
Today, I am announcing visa restrictions on Chinese government and Communist Party officials believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, the detention or abuse of Uighurs, Kazakhs, or other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang.
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President Hassan Rouhani declared that "the great nation of Iran, and other free nations of the region would revenge for this horrific crime."
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Bild publishes report on Adnan Tabatabai, son of Sadeq who was brother-in-law to Ahmad Khomeini. He receives budget of 900,000 euro from German FM for consulting work and spends his time discrediting IRI opposition groups.
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Iranian officials 'stealing bodies' from morgues to hide true scale of government crackdown | They do care about coverage of their crackdown, otherwise they'd let numbers be known to send a message.
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It's frankly embarrassing that this is a milestone, and a baby step at that. Women could go into stadiums before '79. Even this was achieved due to FIFA's ultimatum that it would ban Iran entirely.
Women have been banned from stadiums in Iran since 1979.
Today, 3,500 women were allowed in to Azadi Stadium to watch Iran's friendly vs. Cambodia 🙏
(via
@maryampapi1
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Haj Qassem's legacy in action.
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Canada is filled with middlemen and fixers like that who took oligarch Iranian money there
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Gohar Eshghi - the mother of Sattar Beheshti, a blogger tortured to death 10 years ago all b/c he dared to criticize - takes off her hejab “after 80 years” in support of protesters.
گوهر عشقی، مادر ستار بهشتی، با انتشار یک ویدیو اعلام کرد که «پس از ۸۰ سال» حجاب خود را برداشته است. او گفت: «فدای ایران، فدای بچههایی که کف خیابونن.» ستار بهشتی، وبلاگ نویس ایرانی، در سال ۱۳۹۱ توسط پلیس دستگیر و در زندان بر اثر شکنجه کشته شد.
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You’re probably going to hear more about Said Sakoui, a no-filter commentator who had a low-production political commentary show based out of LA in 2000’s, early 2010’s. Clips of his show have been going viral among Gen Z in Iran. One reason being he doesn’t hide his rage…
شیوه برخورد مناسب با آخوند از زبان دکتر سعید سکویی
#مهسا_امینی #نیکا_شاکرمی
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Apparently a group of men intervene to save a woman from being taken in a van by Guidance Patrol (morality police). This sort of active resistance didn't really happen before. You can guess what the lady taking the video is saying.
ویدیوی رسیده به ایران اینترنشنال نشان میدهد گروهی از مردان با حمله به یک ون نیروهای امنیتی در تهران، زنانی که در ون بازداشت بودند را نجات دادند
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3 women who protested mandatory hejab in Iran have been sentenced to a combined 55 years in prison. This comes right after Judiciary warning that sending videos to
@AlinejadMasih
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یاسمن آریانی، منیره عربشاهی و مژگان کشاورز مجموعا به ۵۵ سال زندان محکوم شده اند. با در نظر گرفتن ماده ۱۳۴ قانون مجازات اسلامی هر یک حداقل ده سال به خاطر «تشویق و فراهم نمودن موجبات فساد و فحشا» زندانی خواهند بود.
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Similar to how the UK was happy to let Russian oligarchs invest their money in London.
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He doesn't have a choice but to respond, but unlikely he'll take the country to a full-scale war, which he cannot control or afford during crushing sanctions and after major protests. His targets will probably included allied installations. He knows he'll face massive US response
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Amazing. Ali Khamenei is the top accessory to Bashar Assad's war crimes. Hundreds of thousands dead and millions displace. You can say that while condemning Saudi actions in Yemen.
Reuters reports that Iran's supreme leader approved the attack on the Saudi oil installation so long as no civilians were hit. If true, that's far better than the Saudi crown prince's attacks in Yemen which routinely kill civilians.
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Lethal miscalculation by an overconfident Soleimani to show up in Iraq several days after an American contractor died, US embassy attacked, and - according to US officials - while he was planning more attacks against US personnel in Iraq and the region.
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The Iraq protests should pierce the mythology of Soleimani, the "shadow commander." After 16 years and billions of dollars in Iraq, Iraqi Shias have taken to the street to demand Iran's exit and burn the Islamic Republic's flags.
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Important interview for Persian speakers. Two guests come on BBC Persian to discuss the views of the "youth" protesting on the streets. Both criticize the network for promoting Reformist guests and views like that, which they say has decreased credibilities among viewers.
صفحه دو: جوانان دهه هشتادی در اعتراضات به دنبال چه هستند؟ و از رسانهها بویژه بیبیسی فارسی چه انتظاری دارند؟ گفتگو با مهیار، صدف و بهزاد (بخش اول):
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X-rated chant by men and women at protest in Tehran's Khajeh Nasir University. I've shied away from translating the x-rated language, but it's important to reflect the angry mood of the street. "Filthy Basiji, my d*** in your face!"
«بسیجی کثافت، کیرم تو اون قیافهات!»
شعار ترکیبی دخترها و پسرها
'دانشگاه خواجه نصیر #تهران، ۲ آبان' #مهسا_امینی
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The Islamic Republic health minister this week disclosed a multi-billion dollar corruption scheme in the medical field. In one instance, $1.3 billion allocated for medical equipment is unaccounted for. He said networks sell counterfeit drugs, hoard medicine, sell on black market.
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The Islamic Republic appears reactive and out of balance, trying to discourage momentum by attacking Iraqi Kurdistan, arresting celebrities and the lady who went viral eating breakfast without hejab, and claiming that it has arrested foreigners and so-called leaders of protests.
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This is an example of one a new narrative in DC: majority of Iranians support Soleimani. This is so damaging to global perception of Iranians especially among Iran's Arab neighbors.
Hundreds of thousands attended the ceremonies. But Iran is a large country of 80 million.
Islamic Republic must have extraordinary capabilities and reach into society to put together mass gatherings of this magnitude in only a few days and without advance notice (not knowing in advance that
#Soleimani
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#Iran
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And there are those who didn't. Misagh Parsa's 2016 book "Democracy in Iran" is the finest work on the topic. He correctly predicted that the regime has made revolution increasingly likely because it has shut down reform.
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There was a concerted effort by Reformists in Iran and pro-Reformist figures outside to downplay the anti-government, political dimension of the latest protests.
More than 26 people died and 5000 were arrested in 2018 Iran protest but
#NIAC
chief
@tparsi
says these protests were by regime supporters. Hey
@NIACouncil
funders, are you aware NIAC denies human rights abuse in Iran?
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She has a right to freedom of speech, but peak hypocrisy to move to Canada and say such things, while rooting for a day dedicated to Israel's destruction. A significant number of so-called anti-imperialist Iranians have this quasi-Marxist attitude and cheer on Tehran's wars.
Iranian-Canadian Participants at Toronto Quds Day Rally: I Don't Consider Myself Canadian, Canada Is a Racist Colonialist Project Like Israel; Israel Will Be Destroyed within 25 Years
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This dude told someone I know in Vancouver that his father, who was a commander in the IRGC at some point, acquired wealth through “embezzlement.” That dude wanted to open up a weed store.
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Former IRGC commander Saeed Ghassemi says the IRGC used cover of Red Crescent to deploy to Bosnian war in 90's, trained "mujahedin forces." Complains that CNN report Christian Amanpour revealed it. Also says that IRGC operated with al-Qaeda, which "adopted our style, from..."
سردار سعید قاسمی:
در بوسنی تحت پوشش #هلال_احمر رفته بودیم به نیروهای مجاهدین آموزش نظامی میدادیم
کریستین[امانپور] خبرنگار سیانان ما را لو داد
با القاعدهایها باهم بودیم.ازما استیل گرفتند.با مجاهدین سراسر دنیا یگانهای جهادی تشکیل دادیم
(برنامه اینترنتی رودرو،قسمت۲۱،فروردین۹۸)
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This is a misrepresentation, we don't see the "rally-around-the-flag" effect. People can be free to mourn Soleimani in Iran, but not the families of hundreds killed in November protests. Debate on Soleimani is very polarized on social media.
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@hxhassan
That's Imam Hossein's flag, and the red commemorates his blood that was unjustly spilled.
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Worth remembering that Iran has 0 material stakes in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Tehran’s obsession is fully rooted in ideology. It has played spoiler to the peace process by sponsoring terrorists. Now at precipice of war, thanks to the cursed tree of Islamism.
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The catastrophic effects of the Islamic Republic and IRGC’s dam construction are now visible to all, they weren’t hard to predict, and people in Persian and English articles warned. There were those who tried to obfuscate (didn’t get the alleged source citation right either).
The most interesting part of Trump's Nowruz statement is the reference to "unregulated dam construction" by the IRGC, which is so specific it puts fingerprints on the statement. The line has been recently featured in FDD's advocacy, itself drawing on older work from AEI.
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A lady in Mashhad, a religious city host to shrine of Imam Reza, wearing traditional chador writes “death to dictator,” and the lady taking video says “we women wearing chador join the ‘woman, life, freedom’ movement.”
یک زن چادری در مشهد روی دیوار شعار «مرگ بر دیکتاتور» مینویسد و زن دیگری در پشت دوربین میگوید ما زنان چادری به جنبش «زن زندگی آزادی» میپیوندیم
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Iraqi Harakat Al-Nujaba publishes video that discusses role of “Iraqi resistance in a widespread war.” Video includes interview with Lebanese “expert” who says “there are many surprises ahead.”
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Sabeti, director of the IRGC-linked Ofogh TV channel, tweeted that after when there was disruption in pharma market 8 years ago, "a particular movement claimed that it's b/c of sanctions...what a good opportunity that culprit of medicine shortage will be clear with prosecution...
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Anonymous has claimed that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has been hacked, and that “next 24 hours will be hell for the Iran regime.”
سازمان انرژی اتمی ایران هک شد!
تا ٢۴ آینده ساعت آینده برای رژیم ایران جهنم خواهد بود.
We Are Anonymous
Expect!
@black_reward
#OpIran
#MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی
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Eye witness says that the waves from explosions in Evin broke the windows of some surrounding houses. Doesn’t sound like something that would happen as a result of fire breaking out in a sewing shop during a fight among prisoners, as Judiciary has claimed
شاهد عینی: شدت انفجارها در زندان اوین به اندازهای بود که شیشه برخی خانههای در خیابانهای اطراف بر اثر موج انفجار شکست
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It's curious that some who demand Pahlavi to apologize for his father haven't publicly made the same demands from Khomeini's offsprings, and show a seemingly infinite patience for reformation in the Islamic Republic, which has a far lower chance than if Pahlavis were in power.
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Where were the so-called anti-Iran war people when the Islamic Republic was deploying thousands of boots to Syria to aid Assad's ethnic cleansing?
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The Houthi spokesman last month openly swore allegiance to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a political and religious leader. Houthis coordinated with Iran in another recent attack reportedly launched from Iraq. There’s proof they’ve received material support form Iran.
The Houthis are not the same as Iran and the Saudis are fighting a war against them in Yemen. This is an incredibly dumb, dishonest and dangerous thing to say.
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Would any of them show their faces if they were more critical of the Islamic Republic? That's the problem with reporting like this in a police state, only gets across a certain message that doesn't cross government red lines.
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An Iranian woman who self-immolated after being handed a prison sentence for attending a men’s soccer match had died. Sick and shameful on so many levels. If Iranians don’t boycott matches until the ban is reversed, that means they support and approve of this.
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If Sunni jihadists were caught with 3 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, they would have been chased by special forces and bombed into smithereens.
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The direction forward is not entirely clear, but it's worth reflecting why so many missed the obvious signs.
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Source says that the number of dead in four hospitals in Alborz Province alone are 118 protesters. We're looking at hundreds dead.
به گفته این منابع آگاه تا ۲۷ آبان ماه، مجموع کشتهها در چهار بیمارستان سجاد کرج، شهریار، بیمارستان مدنی کرج و بیمارستان البرز کرج ۱۱۸ تن معترض بوده است.
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I'm old enough to remember two weeks ago when scores of articles were written on how tanker attacks in the Oman Sea were actually Golf of Tonkin redux. Then the downing of the drone happened, and we're not at war. Just going to pretend like that all of that didn't happen, are we?
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The IRGC correctly bet that it could rally much of the Muslim behind its flag by counting on this fundamental rejection of Israel, which persists after a century of wars and 2 intifadas.
I know this tweet is going to make me lose my job but: Fuck Israel
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IRGC-linked Mashregh News publishes an article that denies IRGC-led paramilitary involvements in launching rockets toward US facilities in recent months. Similar narrative fed to NYT. It's almost as if this is a coordinated info ops effort.
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Ahwazi activists report that Islamic Republic security forces want to force them to attend Soleimani's funeral procession on Sunday. People have set fire to billboards that honor Soleimani.
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It's messed up that some people are saying "oh only Iraqis died in the attack."
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Saying things like JCPOA would have empowered moderates in Islamic Republic fed into concern and paranoia of Khamenei/IRGC about overthrow from within a la USSR. QAnon experience shows how deeply held beliefs impact world views and actions.
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The "have you been to Iran lately" argument as a way to measure credibility is meant to sideline those who are critical about the Islamic Republic outside of acceptable bounds, and will go straight to prison if they ever go back.
I don’t know whether setting foot in the country and taking photos of souvenir in front of the billboard of Khomeini, the man responsible for Iran’s demise, can render one’s arguments about Iran stronger!
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If regime changer is universally a dirty word, we should start using regime preservers. It's not like the Islamic Republic hasn't spilled blood in 40 years. This level of violence isn't surprising for people who've lived in Iran's periphery areas that opp ignores too
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I’m old enough to remember the time when a fad was “Houthis aren’t IRGC proxies.”
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What would the reaction be if the Saudi foreign minister had openly defended the execution of gays, as Mohammad Javad Zarif did?
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This tweet by soccer star Ali Karimi reflects tone of where protests are coming from: "What are you defending, soldier? Theft, embezzling, reentering? From their [regime] offspring who are partying abroad by relying on your weapon? Homeland's humiliation and global isolation?..."
از چی داری دفاع میکنی سرباز؟
از غارت و اختلاس و رانتخواری؟
از تولههاشون که با اتکا به سلاح تو،خارج دارن عیاشی میکنن؟
از حقارت وطن و انزوای جهانی؟
از فقر و تنفروشی و گرسنگی و بیچارگی هموطنت؟
#مهسا_امینی
#حسین_ماهینی
#وطنم
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It's interesting that Rafsanjani-linked journalists are pushing this guy, the "hip" information minister, while leaving out his record as a former intelligence ministry agent who implements censorship.
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Security forces on Monday arrested 50 University of Tehran student protesters using ambulances as cover and transportation, it was reported today.
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None of that is working. There’s growing calls for strikes but has yet to reach the level of general strike especially in strategic sectors. What’s happened today in Zahedan is probably a preview of things to come
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Defense Minister Amir Hatami also vows to avenge Soleimani's death from "all actors and perpetrators," adding that "this horrific crime is strong evidence on the evil of the Great Satan [US]."
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There have been a decent number of individuals like him doing similar work as pundits, living and having a great time in the West while going back-and-forth to Iran for parties in N Tehran and Caspian Sea villas.
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This propaganda could help the IRGC save more face to argue that it exacted the appropriate cost. The IRGC's statement has said that its promise of revenge has been fulfilled.
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Brother of Neda Agha Soltan, who became an icon in 2009 protests after her death went viral, criticizes reformist Green Movement leaders a "fossils," adding the Iranians on the street have wanted to the government's downfall.
نیکتا اسفندانی سال ۸۸ فقط ۴ سالش بود. نه میر حسین میشناخت، نه محمود، نه ندا. بیانیه ی ما رو هم پویا بختیاری صادر کرد. اگر فکر میکنید میتونید حرکت مردم رو مصادره کنید شدیدا مالیدید. مردم حرفشون رو تو خیابون زدن و شما فسیل های جنبش سبزی شنیدید.
#رهبر_اپوزیسیون
#زرشک
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An unnamed source in the Iraqi government says that Iraqi authorities arrested Ruhollah Zam, who managed the popular Amad News Telegram account, when he arrived in Baghdad, then handed him over to Iran.
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State media carries bulletin from the IRGC warning the US that any retaliation would face "more painful and crushing response." Also warns any country US bases that that the IRGC would fire at those bases.
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This is the language of an official who wants to signal that she's doing something but also doesn't want to upset the perpetrator too much. A good example is Ilhan Omar saying "all genocides are bad" in response to a Congressional resolution condemning the Armenian genocide.
.
@FedericaMog
on 🇱🇧 Lebanon, 🇮🇷 Iran and 🇮🇶 Iraq ‘We have condemned any act of violence and asked for freedom of expression and prompt investigations (...) The 🇪🇺 EU will continue to support dialogue, accompany reforms and to engage as a force for peace in the Middle East’
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Very good Radio Farda report on the "the Habib Battalion," referring to a circle ran by Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the Supreme Leader, that fought in the Iran-Iraq War in a battalion in the same name. The circle has since risen to become one of the...
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…lot of Iranians have been saying or thinking what he’s said at some point over the years. He wasn’t taken seriously before. It’s important to highlight because observers can get a feel of the depth of anger that is out in open right now.
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The last time this happened in Nov 2019, the state gave orders to shoot to kill. Hundreds died, and thousands arrested. Weeks later, bodies with hands tied and signs of torture would show up down some rivers.
⚠️
#Iran
is now subject to the most severe internet restrictions since the November 2019 massacre.
▶️ Mobile networks largely shut down (MCI, Rightel, Irancell - partial)
▶️ Regional disruptions observed during protests
▶️ Instagram, WhatsApp restricted
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Today is the anniversary of the executions of 10 Baha'is in Shiraz in 1983. The youngest was a 17-year old girl. They were charged with teaching in Baha'i schools. The Islamic Republic has rewarded the men behind the executions.
امروز ٢٨ خرداد است، سالروز اعدام #مونا_محمودنژاد. او به همراه ٩ زن #بهايى ديگر خرداد ٦٢ در #شيراز به دليل عقيده اعدام شدند.
او در زمان اعدام ۱۷ سال بیشتر نداشت. در خرداد ۱۳۶۲، حکومت ایران ده تن از دختران و ��نان بهائی را اعدام کرد. اتهام آنها تدریس در کلاسهای کودکان بهائی بود.
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Evin could very well end up with a massacre of political prisoners tonight.
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Thank you, BBC for clearing it up that calling some mentally disabled is okay, but "retarded" is no.
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Someone flagged Mihan ice cream truck in front of Evin Prison, and there were reports that security forces are using ice cream trucks to transport detainees.
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He’s been doing this for years, but it seems the tide and conventional wisdom are changing.
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Canada is serious when it’d go after IRGC and Iranian oligarch money that’s sitting there. Lots of money and nice villas, cars especially Vancouver
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