Jason Rezaian
@jrezaian
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Host of #544Days Podcast. Author of "Prisoner” from Bourdain Books. @PostOpinions Writer @WashingtonPost . Senior Associate @CSIS . 2x Fellow @harvard .
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Bringing hostages home safely is always a reason for great joy. But using us for political gain is disgusting.
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Evin is no ordinary prison. Many of Iran’s best & brightest have spent long stretches confined there, where brave women & men are denied their basic rights for speaking truth to power. The regime is responsible for what happens to those inside right now.
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In 2014 my mom was allowed to visit me for 20 minutes on
#Christmas
. It was our 1st meeting in Iran's Evin Prison. In 2015 she &
@YeganehSalehi
were allowed to bring me a home cooked meal & some clothes. Today the 3 of us will spend it together in freedom.
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This from the same guy who took credit for my release — the one
@brett_mcgurk
negotiated — when it happened.
For all of the sympathizers out there of Brett McGurk remember, he was the Obama appointee who was responsible for loading up airplanes with 1.8 Billion Dollars in CASH & sending it to Iran as part of the horrific Iran Nuclear Deal (now terminated) approved by Little Bob Corker.
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As one of the the Americans most directly affected by what
@realDonaldTrump
refers to here, and as a journalist who has done much reporting on what actually happened, I can say w/ a high level of confidence that the president's account is wholly inaccurate, probably purposely so.
For all of the sympathizers out there of Brett McGurk remember, he was the Obama appointee who was responsible for loading up airplanes with 1.8 Billion Dollars in CASH & sending it to Iran as part of the horrific Iran Nuclear Deal (now terminated) approved by Little Bob Corker.
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My dad was dead when the US negotiated my release from prison in
#Iran
, but if he was alive he’d have been deeply appreciative of all efforts to get me out. If for some reason, though, he was less than gracious about it I doubt
@BarackObama
would have needed to pull one of these.
Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!
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Really? I spent years working in
#iran
& 18 months in a political prison there & I wouldn’t say I have a “clear understanding” of the regime
.
@SenTomCotton
has clear understanding of the Iranian regime & flaws in the nuclear deal.His speech is worth reading
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As an American Citizen directly impacted by
@brett_mcgurk
’s work as a diplomat, I thank him deeply for his years of dedicated service. Without his relentless efforts
@YeganehSalehi
and I would not be here. That’s a fact.
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But Saudi Arabia definitely can.
Iran 'can't act with impunity,' Biden says after U.S. air strikes
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As a US born citizen who spent a year and a half in a foreign prison for being a journalist,
#PressFreedom
matters deeply to me.
@realDonaldTrump
’s inability to manage our country or take responsibility for his failures is not the fault of the news media. Stay informed. And vote.
The Lamestream Media is doing everything within their power to foment hatred and anarchy. As long as everybody understands what they are doing, that they are FAKE NEWS and truly bad people with a sick agenda, we can easily work through them to GREATNESS!
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January 17 is an important day for me. 6 years ago today I was freed, after being held hostage in Iran for 544 days. I was taken from prison, boarded a flight leaving Tehran and reunited with my family. It was a day of celebration and relief.
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It looks to me like
@Twitter
is censoring
@RanaAyyub
at the behest of the government in India.
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This is one of the saddest stories I’ve ever reported. It also defies all logic: Parents of one of the victims in the
#iranplaneshootdown
have been denied a visa to visit their only other child who lives in Texas.
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As a former hostage of Iran's IRGC I want to know if
@realDonaldTrump
had sanctions violating biz connection to them
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U can be as angry as u want about whatever u want, but after spending the last two in prison, I'm going to enjoy my
#Christmas
this year!
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5 years ago today I was freed from Evin prison in
#Iran
.
@YeganehSalehi
and I boarded a plane for a new life we couldn’t imagine. Isolated from most human contact and information for 544 days, I knew almost nothing about efforts to bring me home.
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Yes, it is likely to have a major impact on my wife & our entire family. This isn't the America I promised her when we were finally set free
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The statement released this morning by
@SecPompeo
attacking
@NPRKelly
is a shameful assault on
#PressFreedom
. Americans deserve a Secretary of State, that is diplomatic, can answer foreign policy questions honestly, upholds our values and respects the press. This one doesn’t.
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I had a toothbrush and toothpaste — not exactly Aquafresh or Tom’s — from the first night. Actually, I had almost nothing else in my cell while I was in solitary confinement. I was allowed to shower every couple of days.
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Jamal Khashoggi was taken from us one year ago this week. But his vision lives. We honor his legacy in a series of columns here:
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When reporting on Evan's ordeal, avoid repeating the Russian narrative. The fact that he is a hostage is the story, not the supposed charges against him. Constantly humanize Evan.
Drop all our notions of competition and steel ourselves for a potentially long ordeal.
#FreeEvan
@jrezaian
@MtthwRose
@WSJ
Jason, you've been in Evan's situation. What would you suggest that the journalistic community do to support him?
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Beyond instrumental. The
@washingtonpost
put every available resource into securing my freedom from
#Iran
. And I'm proud to say we're doing the same now in demanding answers and accountability in the disappearing of
#JamalKhashoggi
.
Lies! You can ask
@jrezaian
himself about how instrumental
@washingtonpost
was in pushing for his release, the main difference being that he was not chopped off to pieces while still alive.
#Khashoggi
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I hope I’m wrong, but it looks to me as though Americans being held hostage in
#Iran
were just abandoned by
@realDonaldTrump
.
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I’m pleased to announce that, starting today, I’ll be joining
@CNN
as a Global Affairs Analyst. The opportunity to weigh in on important news and issues for both the
@washingtonpost
and
@cnn
during these times is one that I could have hardly imagined not too long ago.
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The real heroes.
California farm workers are keeping markets stocked nationwide, without the luxury of social distancing, or the hope of benefiting from expanded sick leave or unemployment if they fall ill.
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This is the advertisement that the
@washingtonpost
is running today, demanding answers for the disappearance of our Saudi colleague and
@PostOpinions
columnist,
#JamalKhasoggi
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"Another six months cannot pass without accountability for this abhorrent crime. Justice for an innocent journalist — and America’s most crucial interests — require nothing less." -
@washingtonpost
Publisher, Fred Ryan
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The
@WhiteHouse
has revoked Jim
@Acosta
’s press credentials for trying to ask the president a question? That’s the sort of thing that happens in
#Iran
not America. I shudder to think what could be next...
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Anthony Bourdain was a force of such incredible goodness in
@YeganehSalehi
and my life since the moment we met him. I’m so so sad.
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Seriously? You're going to quote propaganda that started with a report on
@FarsNews_Agency
, an infamous Iranian
#fakenews
site? SAD!
Just out that the Obama Administration granted citizenship, during the terrible Iran Deal negotiation, to 2,500 Iranians - including to government officials. How big (and bad) is that?
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It may feel that the events in Iran are happening very far away. Multiple American citizens, and citizens of many of our allied nations are currently being held hostage in Evin, alongside Iranian activists, intellectuals, journalists, artists, scientists and so many others.
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I, too, am old enough to remember that. And I wonder why there is no outrage about the Americans still being held in Iran.
I'm old enough to remember when
@BarackObama
got four Americans - including
@jrezaian
- released from Iran and received universal applau--
No, wait, conservatives screamed about why he hadn't done it earlier.
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I’ve met a lot of journalists over the years. Grant Wahl was among the nicest and most gracious of them all. He also told stories others wouldn’t like this one published yesterday. I admired him and was very fond of him. The US government must investigate the cause of his death.
NEW: World Cup Daily, Day 25. They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.
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Indescribably happy to be celebrating independence and freedom in Washington DC. Thank you America!
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The latest ad from the
@washingtonpost
demanding answers for the murder of our colleague
#JamalKhashoggi
.
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This
@realDonaldTrump
statement-- simultaneously pledging never ending support for
#SaudiArabia
& blaming
#Iran
for every Middle East problem -- reads like a 6th grader's school report, with too many exclamation marks & words that don't need capitalizing.
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In a rare moment of agreement the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence & the Intelligence unit of the IRGC issued a ridiculous statement claiming journalists Niloofar Hamedi & Elahe Mohammadi are agents of the CIA, MI6, Mossad, Saudi intelligence & several other countries.
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Four years ago today January 17, 2016. So much has happened since. Some of it great, a lot of it not, most of it somewhere in between. There are only two things of which I’m certain: 1. I love my wife
@YeganehSalehi
very much, and 2. I miss my prison body.
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“The United States suffered an embarrassing defeat at the United Nations on Friday when the Security Council refused to go along with a U.S. proposal to extend an arms embargo against Iran that is due to expire in two months.”
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Today, January 17, marks 3 years since I was released from prison &
@YeganehSalehi
& I were allowed to leave
#Iran
together, ending that long ordeal. Our new life has its share of challenges, but I’m incredibly grateful that we’re able to stare them down together, side by side.
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This’s one of the dumbest things I’ve seen on here in a long time. Not only did being on
@Bourdain
’s show have absolutely nothing to do with our arrest, he was 1 of the most vocal & effective advocates fighting for our freedom.
@YeganehSalehi
& I are proud to call him our friend.
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Officially home in the land of burritos at 1 of my favorite Mission spots w/
@YeganehSalehi
. Greetings to
@Bourdain
!
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This f-ing guy...
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Today marks 2 years since my release from
#Iran
's Evin prison. January 17 will always mean new beginnings to me and I'm excited for my next adventure as a staff writer on the
@washingtonpost
's WorldViews team
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I’m devastated, shocked and enraged at this news that Turkish authorities believe that my colleague Jamal Khashoggi has been killed in the consulate of Saudia Arabia in Istanbul.
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I've been having a very difficult time gathering my thoughts the past few days. Anthony Bourdain was very special to
@YeganehSalehi
and me. I may write more about all he did for us someday, but for now I have this to say.
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5 years ago today, my wife and I were abducted from our home in Tehran, beginning a long, terrible & unjust ordeal. Officials in
#Iran
have obviously learned little from that episode, as they continue their 40 year practice of hostage taking, glorifying it at every opportunity.
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I lost 40 pounds in 40 days. To learn how I did it, read
#PrisonerTheBook
. (* I don’t suggest using this particular method)
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When I was 20 I started birthday tradition: having some cheesecake...no matter where I was. The streak is intact! Prison couldn’t stop it and neither could this
#coronavirus
. All thanks to the GO(W)AT
@YeganehSalehi
. We got through that together and we’ll get through one, too!
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I shared this photo 4 years ago today. It was a very hopeful time in life for
@YeganehSalehi
& me. So much has happened since then, some of it difficult for us to get through. But we managed with support of great people including Anthony Bourdain. I remain hopeful but it’s tough.
Great conversation w/
@Bourdain
&
@YeganehSalehi
in Darband, Tehran. Looking forward to
#partsunknown
#iran
episode
http://t.co/2S3yi5UNZS
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Support
#PressFreedom
because
#Journalismisnotacrime
. It’s far past time to
#FreeAustinTice
and gain
#JusticeForJamal
. Thank you
@tomhanks
for lending your voice to this essential cause at this critical moment.
@washingtonpost
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Could not agree more.
We’re lucky at the Post to have a publisher who stands so firmly with Jamal Khashoggi and all our journalists.
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The travel ban is the only part of
@realDonaldTrump
’s
#Iran
policy that’s remained consistent. He promised to ban Iranians from coming to the US immediately after being elected. And for the most part he’s kept them out. This is a perfect example of Trump’s “support” for Iranians!
Shahab Dehghani is another Iranian student with a valid F1 visa about to be deported. His attorney & a group of his friends are at
@BostonLogan
protesting right now.
@CBP
won’t let the Economics student at
@Northeastern
talk to anyone. Congressman Kennedy called, CBP said no.
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As for Iranian Americans, what are we supposed to take away from all of this? There are a million of us in this country. If our relatives in Iran are automatically suspect, are we not as well? Can we really consider ourselves to be equal citizens?
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بنابراین، دفعه بعد که یک “ کارشناس مسائل ایران” به شما می گوید که از اعمال تحریم های فلج کننده بر رژیم ایران حمایت می کند، زیرا این بهترین راه برای حمایت مردم کشور است، حتماً از او سئوال کنید که آخرین باری که تحت چنین شرایطی زندگی کرده، چه زمانی بوده است.
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I’m proud to work at the
@washingtonpost
for a thousand reasons, but the commitment to press freedom — at all levels of the organization — and support I can count on from my colleagues, top the list. Hug a journalist today.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
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If the elections are a referendum on the handling of the pandemic,
#coronavirus
science deniers like
@DanCrenshawTX
are in real trouble.
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Anthony Bourdain never wanted to be called a journalist, but that’s exactly what he became. In fact, he’ll end up being remembered as one of the most influential television correspondents ever.
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If you take anything away from the massive volume of Evan Gershkovich coverage coming your way in the coming days, let it be this: He is a hostage until proven otherwise.
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The
#Iran
“strategy” being outlined at this moment by
@realDonaldTrump
will only hurt American hostages being held in Iran.
#IranDeal
#jcpoa
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3 years ago today Amir Hekmati Saeed Abedini & I were released from prison & along with my wife
@YeganehSalehi
, we were allowed to leave
#Iran
. That would’t have happened without the support of our families, many people in government, the media & many fellow Americans.
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The
@WSJ
has taken down the paywall for all of
@evangershkovich
’s reporting and all their reporting about his case.
Please read his work and read about him and lend your voice to all those demanding that Russia
#FreeEvan
now.
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The Islamic Republic of
#Iran
has executed thousands of innocent people since its founding in 1979. Domestic outrage over the planned execution of 3 protesters has motivated the regime to cut internet access over this trending hashtag #اعدام_نکنید
#StopExecutionsInIran
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I was in prison when this happened. Today is literally the first time I'm hearing of it... If this was actually a thing to be covered at the time -- and now -- we are indeed the most privileged --and perhaps pettiest-- nation ever.
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I'm glad to know Michael White is free and on his way home from
#Iran
. While American officials --present and former -- will undoubtedly argue over who deserves credit for his release, let's thank our faithful friends in the Swiss government, the unsung heroes of hostage returns.
I am to happy announce that Navy Veteran, Michael White, who has been detained by Iran for 683 days, is on a Swiss plane that just left Iranian Airspace. We expect him to be home with his family in America very soon....
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This image of Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz and Emad Shargi’s first moments of freedom makes me incredibly happy. But it’s also a reminder that these men and their families have had years of their lives stolen from them. I am so relieved they will finally be reunited.
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I worry that this is another instance in which the U.S. government is guilty of criminalizing people simply for being Iranian.
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Today’s
@WSJ
front page.
If you find yourself held hostage on the other side of the world, you want an employer like The Journal,
@WilmerHale
as your lawyers and Ella Milman, Mikhail and Danielle Gershkovic as your family.
#IStandWithEvan
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Watching the images coming from the
#iranprotests
one point seems clear: the consumer technology that was credited with helping spread the 2009 election
#Iran
uprising is better & more universal now. Stopping its flow will be much harder- perhaps impossible- this time around.
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Reuters reporters imprisoned for their incredible investigative work on a massacre of
#Rohingya
in
#Myanmar
will win
@PENamerican
’s Freedom to Write Award. It’s my privilege to share this news. May they see freedom very soon.
@SuzanneNossel
@stephenjadler
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While now President Trump did take some credit for bringing me home, I was, in fact, released during the Obama years in a negotiated deal between the US and Iran. So far this administration has failed to free any of the Americans being held in Iran.
Are you an American citizen, Julia? If so the Trump administration would do for you what they did for Jason Rezaian, Tony Kim, Kim Hak-song, Kim Dong-chul, Andrew Brunson and many others, most of whom the previous administration was content to ignore for political expediency
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If you’re gonna buy just one book by a fat guy this week make it
#PrisonerTheBook
. No matter what your politics are, I promise it’s more exciting than
@ChrisChristie
’s.
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Through those conversations with dozens of people who were involved in efforts to free me & other Americans, and in nuclear negotiations with Iran, a portrait emerged of experienced & knowledgeable public servants doing what they believed was right for country & fellow citizens.
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Thinking of
#AustinTice
who was taken captive in Syria 6 years ago today. A few weeks ago on the bus, on my way to work I set next to a woman who had a
#FreeAustinTice
pin on her backup. I told her I was once the name on one of those pins. It means everything not to be forgotten.
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Best thing that’s happened in DC this weekend.
World-renowned chef and humanitarian
@chefjoseandres
threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 5 at
#Nats
Park.
#WorldSeries
//
#STAYINTHEFIGHT
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I am so happy to see a new image of Nazanin outside the walls of Evin. But I’m appalled, as everyone should be, to know she is forced to wear an ankle monitor as if she is some sort of security risk.
#Iran
: do the right thing.
#FreeNazanin
permanently.
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Some personal professional news: I’ve begun working on a podcast adaptation of my book, Prisoner, with
@crookedmedia
and a team of really superb audio storytellers... It’s gonna be a good one!
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That began to change when we landed in Geneva. Waiting for us on the tarmac was
@brett_mcgurk
who, over 14 months, secretly negotiated our release. It almost fell through right at the end. He told us “someday I’ll tell you about the last 24 hours.”
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Just a couple of
#Iran
haters having a chat... on a rug from Iran.
Good to be in Israel again today with
@IsraeliPM
@Netanyahu
. We discussed ways to address Iranian malign influence in the region, shared challenges the U.S. and Israel face, and the benefit of the Abraham Accords. As always, the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security is unwavering.
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A
@Reuters
journalist, long time cameraman
@kumerra
Gemechu has been arrested in
#Ethiopia
and taken into custody. He hasn't been charged with any crime. Sadly
@AbiyAhmedAli
is failing to deliver the freedoms he promised.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Know this:
@SabrinaSiddiqui
is a world class journalist and an even better person.
The harassment she is being subjected to by Modi’s Internet thugs is another indication that his government and supporters are poison to India’s democracy.
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My wife & I met during another era of protests. Our lives together have taken many twists & turns since but one lesson we’ve learned, which keeps getting reinforced, is that politics are unavoidable. And for that reason, the only real option is to engage.
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Here’s an opportunity to use available international legal mechanisms to detain, question & potentially charge these representatives of the Islamic Republic who could easily be found complicit in a long list of international crimes.
Will it happen?
Unlikely.
If not now, when?
These two are in NYC right now. On UN visit!
Kazem GharibAbadi, is Deputy to Islamic Republic’s judiciary. The same judiciary that has imprisoned over 12 thousand protesters and issuing death sentences.
Zoreh Elahian, is an MP. 227 MPs asked for death penalty for protesters.
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Rarely has a foreign policy failure been so obvious. And as the chief architect and implementer of U.S. foreign policy,
@SecPompeo
deserves much of the credit for that folly.
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Which
#RNC
speaker questioned the patriotism of fellow Purple Heart recipient
@SenDuckworth
who lost both of her legs in the Iraq War and more recently became a conspicuous circulator of covid-19 misinformation? That would be
@DanCrenshawTX
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Our colleague
@JKhashoggi
and
@PostOpinions
contributor disappeared this week in
#Istanbul
after entering the
#Saudi
consulate there. Authorities in Turkey say that they believe he has been killed inside. We continue to search for answers.
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A heartbreaking image. Richard Ratcliffe and his wife Nazanin — who has been in Evin prison for three years — have both been on hunger strike for 14 days..
#FreeNazanin
now and end this insane and inhumane travesty.
@FreeNazanin
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In President Trump’s speech Tuesday at the United Nations, one thing about his Iran policy became clear: its incoherence.
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