Ana Diamond

AH Fellow @StAntsCollege @UniofOxford | Currently writing a book for @CanongateBooks (UK) & @simonschuster (US)
Not here as often anymore. On IG: @anadiamondx

[Azadeh Moaveni @AzadehMoaveni]

The anti-Marjane Satrapi talk spread here by Iranian bro accounts is so typical -- circa 1979 class warfare by leftist lumpen types wrapped up as anti-imperial wokism ...when really it's just fury over Iranian women memoirists from an different class background narrating the national experience

[Ana Diamond @AnaDiamondx]

@AsadFromNYC I am so tired of wealthy brown folks who come to the West & try to play victim because of the colour of their skin, completely disregarding their class privilege. Met plenty in Ox-they went to boarding schools & Ivy Leagues & their wildest take will be "I hate white people". smh

[Elizabeth Tsurkov @LizHurra]

Syria is full of mass graves, a leftover from Assad's reign of terror

[Maryam KamAlmaz @MKamalmaz]

We’ve learned the horrible news of what happened to my father... he was executed in Sednaya Prison, infamously known as the “human slaughterhouse," sentenced to death by an Assad regime judge nicknamed “The Butcher.”

He was executed without a crime or charges.

My dad was the most caring and compassionate person I knew, always caring so deeply for everyone around him. A loving grandfather and an award-winning humanitarian who lived a life of compassion and service, ripped away from our family by heartless criminals.

May his soul rest in peace. 🕊️

We will never forget him or all the other victims of these atrocities.

May every person responsible for these crimes be exposed, judged, and held accountable for the suffering they inflicted. #Syria

[Ana Diamond @AnaDiamondx]

@borzou Sadly this case screams fabricated. When I was arrested, they used my photos of paintball with friends as evidence I had received training in the NATO. Iranian judiciary is "opaque" because that's how they can get away with so many executions w/o fair, transparent trial.

[Dua Lipa Brasil @dualipabrasil]

“Quando criei meu Clube do Livro, não foi em um café em Londres, mas na Prisão Feminina de Downview. Uma das detentas me disse algo que nunca esqueci: ‘Se eu tivesse lido mais quando era jovem, talvez não estivesse aqui agora.’”

— Dua Lipa sobre a fundação do seu Clube do Livro.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Visa and Mastercard now functional in Syria after 15 years.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

In the last month, 16 men – eight political prisoners and eight protesters – have been hanged in Iran. There was a brief hiatus in the state killings when Trump and Netanyahu’s war began on 28 February but something changed after 18 March. https://t.co/4VAXck4u9u

[H. Ferdosy | ح. فردوسی @AuthorHFerry]

I was arrested by the Islamic Regime for holding my girlfriend's hand. A culture under attack by a religion.

[Mary Lawlor @MaryLawlorhrds]

به‌ شدت از ناپدیدسازی قهری نسرین ستوده در ایران نگرانم. او در ۱۲ فروردین ۱۴۰۵ توسط مأموران وزارت اطلاعات بازداشت شده و از آن زمان تاکنون محل نگهداری‌اش نامعلوم است. دست‌کم یک مدافع حقوق بشر دیگر نیز به‌طور قهری ناپدید شده است. این موارد از مصادیق جدی نقض حقوق بشر هستند. از مقامات ایران می‌خواهم فوراً نسرین و همه افرادی را که در واکنش به فعالیت‌های حقوق بشری‌شان بازداشت شده‌اند را آزاد کنند

[Ana Diamond @AnaDiamondx]

@DeepaParent Thank you, Deepa

[Ana Diamond @AnaDiamondx]

@persianrvse How do you explain protests erupting across all 31 of Iran's provinces?

[Malala Yousafzai @Malala]

The protests in Iran cannot be separated from the long-standing, state-imposed restrictions on girls’ and women’s autonomy, in all aspects of public life including education. Iranian girls, like girls everywhere, demand a life with dignity.

The people of Iran have long warned about this repression, at great personal risk, and their voices have been silenced for decades. These restrictions exist within a wider system of gendered control shaped by segregation, surveillance, and punishment — one that limits freedom, choice, and safety far beyond the classroom.

They demand their voices be heard and the right to determine their political future. That future must be driven by the Iranian people, and include the leadership of Iranian women and girls — not external forces or oppressive regimes.

I stand with the people and girls of Iran in their call for freedom and dignity. They deserve to determine their own future.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

“If they hate the US, I like them” is a child’s politics, not leftism, and it’s going to have you supporting some of the most brutal regimes on the planet.

[Ana Diamond @AnaDiamondx]

@nsamimi9 @SinaToossi Thanks for your message. I’m not an Iran analyst, I work on disinformation & narrative control during times of crises in MENA (I’m also an Iranian). I have verified that several pro-government protests did take place, but these photos are not from those,so you’re absolutely right

[Ana Diamond @AnaDiamondx]

@nsamimi9 @SinaToossi The IRIB channels are active and operating, they still release material on their Telegram pages.

[Zahra Joya @ZahraJoya]

The Silencing of Women, with Sandi Toksvig, Elif Shafak and Zahra Joya | Guardian Live events | The Guardian
If you are interested, join us!
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[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Thank you Jane, from all the animals x

[Michelle Quay @mm_quay]

The Center for Middle East Studies @BrownUniversity has opened a two-year postdoc position in Iranian Studies. Please share widely!

https://t.co/SxmhKqVp0S