“Around 8 agents surrounded me on Saturday & started screaming at me. They hurl insults like ‘whore’, ‘naked America-loving slut’ – all while kicking me in the legs, stomach and everywhere. They don’t care where they hit you.” I report
@anniekelly
This video is from Abolfazl Adinezadeh’s 15th birthday. His sister planned a surprise for him with clips of loved ones wishing him. An emotional, kind and loving child, Abolfazl was shot by IR security forces 80+ times with pellets still in his body when he was buried.
#Iran
Hossein Jalali, Iran Parliament member: bank accounts of women not wearing hijab properly will be blocked soon.
The IR lacks enough oppressing forces, so it comes up with new tactics to put pressure on women.
#مهسا_امینی
#MahsaAmini
#IranRevoIution
“Armita then told her ‘Do I ask you to remove your headscarf? Why are you asking me to wear one?’ Their argument then turned violent.”
Eye witnesses say a chador-clad hijab enforcer pushed
#ArmitaGeravand
after an argument over hijab. Here’s the report ⬇️
Some Indian students from Ukraine who arrived in Delhi today via Romania want us to stop calling it a rescue. They say, we need to use the word airlifted from safe zones and not rescued from war zones, because they saved themselves by travelling towards borders.
“Please take my cellphone from my pocket and call my dad. Tell him I’ve been shot,” said Eghbal, 17, during “Bloody Friday”protests in
#Zahedan
. The Islamic Republic’s forces shot him on the back.
We spoke to his family.
With
@GhonchehAzad
@anniekelly
The IR arrested Dr. Hamid Ghare-Hasanlou violently by putting a knife under his throat in front of his 13-yr-old kid. Dr. Hamid, 4 others face death after “sham” trials charged them of killing a Basiji. We spoke to their loved ones.
@GhonchehAzad
“We know the government easily kills people and directly sentences the detainees to death,” said Soma Rostami of
@HengawO
. “Saman Yasin is in serious danger and we should be his voice.”
#SamanYasin
@GhonchehAzad
Iranian and Ukrainian activists unite at Times Square in NYC against oppressive regimes and dictators who wage war against innocent civilians.
@AlinejadMasih
Jan 🙌
#IranRevoIution2022
“We don’t have any other options but to win”.
Angered Iranian and Ukrainian activists are united in Times Square in New York seeking the world’s help.
My call for action:
Our unity against united dictators must be stronger than ever.
#MahsaAmini
#Iran
#Ukraine
#مهسای_امینی
“Mullahs are terrorists and fascists”
An Iranian woman from Erlangen, Germany protested alone this evening condemning the executions of
#MohammadMehdiKarami
#SeyyedMohammadHosseini
She’s devastated but determined to voice her anger against the IR! Sharing with permission
Protests in Iran have not stopped! The
#IranRevoIution
has been ongoing and far from over. Massive protests reported today in Zahedan with chants, “Death to Dictator”
#Sistan
#Baluchistan
After the new wave of crackdowns over hijab in Iran, several women have been brutally arrested and beaten. Here a young woman reportedly had a nervous breakdown or panic attack after a heated confrontation with the morality police. Video sent by Kosar Eftekhari
Indian students arriving near the Romanian border, please do DM me if your shelters aren’t providing food. I have family in Bucharest and they will bring you food packages. At least for a group of 100 students.
NOT TRUE- Please verify. I was on a video call with Sumy students just now. The student with a cap on the left is Jisna Jiji, a 4-th year medical student. She just told me that their train has stopped midway and they haven’t reached Poland yet. No food and water.
#Sumy
دختر ۱۳ ساله ای که در دانشگاه پزشکی آمریکا قبول شده، در مراسمی به یاد مهسا امینی و در حمایت از انقلاب زن زندگی آزادی واکنش نشان
داد./#زن_زندگی_آزادی /#انقلاب_زنانه
🚨 BREAKING - Protester Mohsen Shekari was executed this morning.
Mohsen is the first protester to have been executed since protests began!
He was sent to solitary confinement 2 days ago along with
#SamanYasin
and Mohammad Baroghani. The latter are back in the normal cell.
TW ⚠️ Sexual assault
#Iran
“He kept touching me everywhere and then took an object and inserted it inside my vag*na. He kept penetrating me with the object...”
Iranian protesters told us they were sexually assaulted by the security forces. Our report
@GhonchehAzad
Abolfazl Adinezadeh’s father shared this picture (insta) lying next to his child’s grave. He asked for the punishment of his son’s killers. Abolfazl went out to protest for the rights of Iranian women, a gesture his family told us was to support his sisters. #مهسا_امینی
⚠️ There’s a video circulating in groups showing a young man bring hanged publicly with a caption that it’s
#MajidrezaRahnavard
Haven’t received confirmation if the video is of Majidreza, and even if it is, I request you to please think about his family before you share it.
The Islamic Republic has been executing prisoners at an alarming rate while the world’s attention is on Israel-Gaza. Activists say they’ve already executed more than 700 people this year. My report
@guardian
@anniekelly
Reports of sexual harassment at the Romanian border. Indian girl students say they’re surrounded by a group of men and are being subjected to lewd remarks. If you’re a large group of Indian students at the Siret border, please DM and reach out to these girl students.
Confirmed: Spoke to close family of
@matiullahwesa
who said he was praying at the mosque in Kabul when Taliban intel officers came over to arrest him for fighting for girls’ education and human rights. He’s brave and fought for education despite threats.
#ReleaseMatiullahWesa
Imprisoned protesters and their families are going through mental torture waiting for sunrise and hoping their loved ones aren’t executed. This nightmare repeats itself every day!
#MohammadBroghani
#MohammadGhobadlu
Abolfazl Adinezadeh’s parents have been dealing will health problems one after another. People close to them are worried for their well-being. This is his dad whose blood pressure has been high for the past few days. Abolfazl was killed at the hands of the IR forces.
#Iran
I’ve been speaking to the Hazara families of the students killed in Kaj blast. They are looking for activists who can help evacuate only their surviving kids, for the sake of their safety. They’ve received threats this week. Pls DM if you can help.
#StopHazaraGenocide
Just in- Indian student, Naveen who lost his life due to Russian shelling in Kharkiv this morning stepped outside the metro station to buy food for other Indian students 💔 One of his friends, Robin who is now in a train heading out of Kharkiv tells me.
#RussiaUkraine
#Kharkiv
Kurdish Rapper
#SamanYasin
was tortured under custody, risks execution after being charged with “waging war against God” for
#MahsaAmini
protests. We spoke to friends-family who are devastated & call for intervention! With
@GhonchehAzad
Video Proof- The Indian students from Sumy haven’t reached Poland. Their train has stopped midway. It’s been 4 hours. No food, no water and no electricity. Please for the sake of humanity, help them.
#OperationalGanga
This is a childhood pic of
#Majid_Kazemi
on the right and his cousin Mohammad Hashemi. Kazemi, along with
#Saleh_Mirhashemi
and
#SaeedYaghoubi
risks imminent execution in the
#Isfahan
House case. Please continue speaking out against executions of protesters in Iran 🙏🏻
میثم پیرفلک هنوز نمیدونه پسرش کیان بقتل رسیده.
حالش رو به بهبودیست، امروز یک جراحی دیگه داشت برای خارج کردن گلوله از نزدیکی ستون فقرات؛ دوشنبه هم یک عمل دیگه در پیش داره.
بهش قول دادن کیان و رادین و همسرش، بعد عمل آخر میان بیمارستان برای دیدنش.
لعنت به ج.ا
#مهسا_امینی
“I call this biological terrorism, and it should be investigated by the UN,”
@AlinejadMasih
tells me on the “intentional” poisoning of schoolgirls. One of the doctors who specialises in poison cases said it’s a “revenge” for protests! My report.
UN Fact-Finding mission on Iran concluded the Islamic Republic committed crimes against humanity and violated International law during Woman, Life, Freedom protests. Here’s my report
@guardian
@anniekelly
A group of brave women marched in Kabul against Taliban’s restrictions on girls education and mass expulsion of Hazara female students from university. Video shared with permission and sent by one of protesting women.
#Afghanistan
#AfghanWomen
#LetAfghangirlslearn
Vídeo- Why women are leading the Iranian protests?
#Iranrevolution
has proven that Iranian women won’t back down despite arrests, intimidation & violence they’ve suffered at the hands of security forces.
@guardian
Many of us asked
@matiullahwesa
if he wanted to move out of Afghanistan with growing threats from the Taliban. He always said he’ll never leave, will build his country and educate children in rural Afghanistan. Taliban arrested him today
#ReleaseMatiullahWesa
JUST IN - Matiullah’s brothers detained!
Taliban is currently outside
@matiullahwesa
’s house and has detained his brothers. Have tied their hands and threatened their mother. They’ve raided Wesa’s house and confiscated his phone. Please share widely as per family’s request.
Shoaib Mirbaluchzehi-Regi, 18, was stripped, beaten, and was made to sit in front of a cooler as a form of torture by the IR security forces. He risks execution.
#Zahedan
#Baluchistan
شعیب میربلوچزهی ریگی که توسط مقامات جمهوری اسلامی بری اخذ اعترافات اجباری تحت شکنجه و سایر بدرفتاریها قرار گرفته، در خطر اعدام قرار دارد.
مقامات ج. ا. باید محکومیت ناعادلانه و حکم اعدام او را که پس از یک محاکمه به شدت ناعادلانه صادر شده، لغو کنند.
“All entrances and exits to and from the city have been blocked and they’ve set up checkpoints,”
Spoke to several protesters in Zahedan who said IR forces have surrounded the city, increased checkpoints. Dozens detained and whereabouts unknown.
“You are (IRGC) like ISIS”
The people of
#Zahedan
are out on the streets after Friday prayers to protest against the continued human rights abuses and executions of civilians across the country.
#Sistan
#Baluchistan
209 people have been executed by the IR since Jan 1.
Tehran- Received two pictures of bruised Iranian women who were violently arrested over hijab in Tehran this weekend. They were released five hours after being detained in a centre, a family member said.
Since Nov 2022, 1000s of School girls in Iran have been hospitalised and we are receiving reports of daily “attacks” with toxic gas in class rooms. Spoke to some of these students and health workers. Here’s what we know. For
@guardian
#Iran
Imprisoned protesters and their families are going through mental torture waiting for sunrise and hoping their loved ones aren’t executed. This nightmare repeats itself every day!
#MohammadBroghani
#MohammadGhobadlu
Il n’y a plus aucun recours judiciaire possible contre leur peine de mort. Chaque lever du jour peut porter la nouvelle de leur pendaison. En Iran, le soleil s’est rendu complice de la barbarie.
#MohammadBroghani
#MohammadGhobadloo
We’ve spoken to and have recorded testimonies of multiple women, men and girls who were raped in detention and during protests in Iran. They were assaulted by the Islamic Republic’s security forces. We have medics to confirm these reports. The FM is lying.
@GhonchehAzad
CNN spoke with a woman in Iran who says she was detained in a Revolutionary Guard facility for over a month and raped by three different men. I asked Iran’s Foreign Minister
@Amirabdolahian
whether he considers that abuse acceptable.
The serial poisoning of school girls in Iran is gender-based violence committed against women and girls who have been fearlessly fighting against the regime. Hundreds poisoned and parents shunned.
“Iran has made at least 15 attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom regarded by Tehran as a threat”
“Drones have been used to kill civilians, and through the new deal,
#Turkey
, a
@NATO
member, will only further escalate the
#TigrayGenocide
” - Omna. Protests held across cities to drive international community’s attention towards deteriorating humanitarian crisis in
#Tigray
On September 8th, cities across the globe held protests to urge the international community to help stop the
#TurkeyDroneSale
to Ethiopia.
Drones have been used to kill civilians, and through the new deal, Turkey, a
@NATO
member, will only further escalate the
#TigrayGenocide
.
“It said they were at my sister’s place and were there to rape her.”
Journalists in Iran who were arrested & released are being threatened by the IRGC & so are their families. Spoke to several of them over the past month. My report for
@guardian
‼️ Matiullah Wesa’s family has only heard from him a week ago for a few seconds when he called his mother & asked for fresh clothes. They haven’t been able to make contact with him since then. Pls continue highlighting his detention under Taliban.
#ReleaseMatiullahWesa
EXCLUSIVE- Spoke to Romanian Mayor Mihai Anghel, whose row with Civil Aviation Minister
@JM_Scindia
went viral. With comments from both the sides and an Indian student present on the scene. Read their responses here for
@TheQuint
In an
#exclusive
interview with The Quint, Mayor Anghel tells
@DeepaParent
that he wasn't looking for a political scandal and that all he did was stand up for the
#Indianstudents
, who wanted to know just one thing – when were they going home?
Distressing scenes of serial poison attacks targeting school girls across cities in Iran. This has been going on since November 2022 with no end in sight. What a nightmare for these young women and their families.
#Karaj
#Iran
Latest- Taliban is neither allowing
@matiullahwesa
’s family to speak with him, nor are they providing updates on his well-being. His family is trying to make contact without success. Please continue amplifying the news of his arrest 🙏🏻
#ReleaseMatiullahWesa
A 16-year-old Kurdish girl is fighting for her life in a Sanandaj hospital right now after throwing herself from a moving van. She was detained by authorities who mentally tortured her under custody, says
@HengawO
12 children have been killed in Kurdistan
“There are those who lost their eyes; there are those who were murdered. Compared with what they’ve suffered for the freedom of Iran, my suspension is nothing.”
Interviewed students who were beaten & suspended for refusing to wear a hijab. My report.
Several Iranian women have posted about confrontations with the IR “morality” police after being verbally abused & at least 2 women have sent me photos of bruises after they were violently dragged in a police van for hijab over the weekend. The harassment is only intensifying.
روایت تلخ دینا قالیباف، روزنامهنگار، از بازداشتش توسط گشت ارشاد:
« به دستانم دستبند زدند، مأمور پلیس درحالی که مدام ژینا و زنان رو به سخره میگرفت و با زنندهترین ادبیات صحبت میکرد، اومد و دستشو کشید رو صورتم که دستهام بسته بود و شروع کرد صورتمو ناز کرد.»
روایت کامل او را…
“Mothers are being persecuted for seeking justice for their sons murdered by the regime.”
From
#MahsaYazdani
to
#MashallahKarami
, parents seeking justice for their children killed by the regime’s forces are being detained and jailed. My report
@guardian
“The only platform where people are talking about it is western Twitter and western news. We will be protesting for 3 days and they’re scared of us. That’s why they announced this fake news.”
Spoke to Iranian protesters about the “hoax” of end of morality police.
@TheQuint
Amidst international media reports celebrating alleged disbanding of
#Iran
's morality police, Iranian citizens says the "fake news" is a tool for eyewash & will not make any real difference to hijab rules on the ground.
@SaadhyaMohan
@DeepaParent
report.
The regime in Iran tries to cover up what they have done to teenager
#ArmitaGaravand
for not wearing a hijab, but when their morality police is confronted, they not only admit that they’ve murdered her, but also add that “She deserved it”.
#آرمیتا_گراوند
My hero
@ZarlashtWali
is striving everyday, passing through hardline restrictions of the new regime to fight for the girls of Afghanistan. Through
@PenPath1
education campaigns, rural children have access to education. My story for
@openDemocracy
@NAWAoD
@houriwalid
What an honour to have had the chance to tell the stories of Iranian women and get nominated for
#AmnestyMediaAwards
2023. Thank you to all the women and doctors in Iran for trusting us with their stories and our editor
@anniekelly
for guiding us through.
@GhonchehAzad
@guardian
“Saman Yasin is in serious danger and we should be his voice.” Kurdish rapper
#SamanYasin
was arrested 6 months ago by IR forces. There are reports of torture under detention. Here’s our story after his arrest. He remains in danger.
@GhonchehAzad
Received this video tonight of a gathering of freedom-loving Iranians at Sajjad Boulevard, Mashhad
#Iran
A show of unity from Iranians who sang songs, danced and women joined in without their mandatory headscarves until cops arrived and dispersed them.
#IranRevoIution
Request to families, teachers and friends of schoolgirls who were victims of poisonings in Tehran. If there’s evidence like a piece of school uniform worn on the day of the attack please DM
@CForoutanNejad
Looking for samples to test. Please store in a zip lock bag and cool place
#مسمومیت_مدارس
دوستان ساکن تهران و سایر شهرها! اگر بچههای مدارس را مورد حمله شیمیایی قرار دادند سریعا از لباسها نمونهبرداری کنید (داخل دو کیسه زیپکیپ) در جای خنک نگهدارید و با من تماس بگیرید. سری قبل متاسفانه نمونهبرداری انجام نشد و نتیجه قابل استنادی به دست نیامد.
Happening now- Barcelona
Iranian diaspora & friends from Spain are currently protesting, remembering the 176 lost lives when IR downed
#PS752
on this day in 2020. The executions of Mohammad Mehdi Karami & Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini has been devastating for many here.
میتوانید صدای دو دانشجوی جوان ایرانی را بشنوید که توسط نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی مورد ضرب و شتم، حمله و شلیک قرار گرفتند، اما با این وجود به مبارزه خود تا سرنگونی رژیم ادامه میدهند.
#مهسا_امینی
#IranRevoIution2022
#Iran
#MahsaAmini
Breaking 🚨🚨 Taliban has announced a ban on university-level education for women! In other words, the final nail in the coffin, as
@NilofarAyoubi
says!
What a shame!
#AfghanWomen
#Afghanistan
#URGENT
: Fars province’s prosecutor today announced that the death sentences of Afghan nationals,
#MohammadRamezRashidi
and
#NaeimHashemGhotali
have been upheld and will be publicly carried out in Shiraz imminently. The Afghans were sentenced to death for charges of efsad-fil-arz…
Indian students at Siret border near Romania allege they have been punched by Ukrainian border police and reveal that shots were fired in the air.
#Ukraine
#Romania
#indianstudentsinukraine
#HosseinRonaghi
’s life is in serious danger at this very moment.
The international community must “act” now in a meaningful way to save his life, as we have empirical evidence that “Thoughts and Prayers” do not work in Iran!
#MahsaAmini
#IranRevolution
1. Sarina Esmailzadeh, 16, loved cooking and filming vlogs.
40 days ago, she died after Islamic Republic security forces bashed her head in.
In Iranian culture, the 40th day after someone dies is a very important day for reflection.
Please join us in honoring Sarina's life.
“Be our voice”
The pictures of 176 victims of
#PS752
are right in the front of the ongoing rally in
#STRASBOURG16JAN
where tens and thousands of Iranians are marching in protest.
“There’s no specific law banning them from dancing or riding motorcycles. This is an attempt to break the strong student movement in Iran, which showed during Woman, Life, Freedom protests that it’s stronger than ever,”
@HosseinRaeesi
Afghanistan- “Beware! yesterday schools, today universities, tomorrow they will bury girls alive”
Women’s rights activists in Afghanistan are protesting by putting up slogans on doors in a bid to call for people’s support.
#Taliban
The crying of Reza Rasaei's mother upon learning about her son's death sentence.
Reza Rasaei, a young Kurdish man from Kermanshah (Kermanshan) who is a Yarsan adherent, was apprehended by security forces during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi movement. He has recently been sentenced to…
When we spoke to
@meazaG_
she said, “I’m trying to get the world know about what’s happening on the ground, most importantly for the protection of the vulnerable ones, including the women that have been faced with harrowing weaponized rape and weaponized starvation.”
On the
#InternationalDayoftheGirl
, we reflect on the girls in Tigray subjected to weaponized SGBV at the hands of Ethiopian, Eritrean, & Amhara forces in the ongoing
#TigrayGenocide
.
Read our article on rape as a tool of war for
@ggequilibrium
(page 33)👇🏾
Human rights activists said rather than sanctions on individuals, the UK needed to proscribe the IRGC as a terrorist organisation.
“UK-US joint sanctions on Iranian officials not effective enough” My report for
@guardian
@tom_levitt
Women from Kabul tell me they were not only banned from university, but also sewing course!! So they aren’t allowed to learn any skills under Taliban.
“What do you want to prove? What is the point you want to make?” They ask the de facto authorities!
Baby Kian! His mum (an account attributed to her) continues to share pictures and videos of the 9-year-old. A talented kid, he was shot by the Islamic Republic’s security forces while travelling in a car. IR denies the allegations.
#KianPirfalak
“He was my best friend, Taliban is now targeting Afghan officers and killing them” - A colleague of his says.
Just received photos of the body of former ANDSF officer Ihsan Zadran who was arrested by Taliban 4 days ago and was murdered in Khost province.
#DoNotRecognizeTaliban
Mohammad Eghbal was working as a construction worker earning under £3 a day and taking care of a family of 10. He wanted to buy a smartphone and have an Instagram account to share pictures with his friends. A sniper shot him down. He was 17!
#SistanBaluchistan
“No one could have imagined at breakfast, that Kabul would fall before lunch”
I spoke to a former Afghan govt official about the horrors that led him to escaping
#Kabul
. One among many facing death and witnessing murder and mayhem on Aug 15.
For
@openDemocracy
@houriwalid
"Three men were lined up and shot right in front of the kids from the orphanage.” This is what Rias Ahmed, witnessed on the day the
#Taliban
took over
#Kabul
@DeepaParent
tells his story on
@openDemocracy
Hazara student Bahara loved Shah Rukh Khan
@iamsrk
& wanted to study Com Science. Waheda dreamed of building Afg & Omulbanin wanted to help Afg women!
They were killed at Kaj blast. Spoke to their loved ones.
@guardian