Azar Nafisi

Author of the national bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, Things I’ve Been Silent about, The Republic of Imagination, That Other World, and Read Dangerously.

[Azar Nafisi @azarnafisi]

I am so very excited to announce the world premiere of the film adaptation of my beloved book Reading Lolita in Tehran on Saturday at @Romacinemafest! Thrilled to watch the film w/ the amazing cast in Rome & see my book come to life on the screen! 🎬📚@Golshifteh @ZarAmirEbrahimi

[Luiz Santos Official @LuizSantosMusic]

Pablo Picasso. The Harlequin’s Family. 1905 (gouache, ink, card laid down on cradled panel)
Sotheby’s, New York #art #arts

[Stephen Quentin @Stephen_Quentin]

Day 3 756 of injustice for Ahmadreza Djalali and his family. His wife and children have not seen him for over 10 years. Their cruel separation continues with no end in sight. #SaveAhmadreza @SwedishPM @MariaStenergard @SweMFA @AmnestySverige @kajakallas

[ایران وایر @iranwire]

بر اساس گزارش‌های منتشر شده، شعبه دوم دادگاه انقلاب قزوین «شقایق افشار نجفی» هنرمند عکاس و دانش‌آموز ۱۸ ساله را به ۹ سال حبس تعزیری و مجازات‌های تکمیلی محکوم کرد. 

در صورت تایید حکم صادر شده در دادگاه تجدیدنظر با اعمال ماده ۱۳۴قانون مجازات اسلامی، مجازات اشد، یعنی پنج سال حبس، در خصوص این دانش‌آموز قابل اجرا خواهد بود.
بخوانید: https://t.co/JzvXURSxzw

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

The US currently gives more military aid to Egypt than to Ukraine.

Why?

[آوای برنادت @maava1355]

@Peyman223 Pakhshan Azizi is still under a death sentence. We are trapped under a regime where we cannot save her ourselves. The world can. Please speak up before it is too late.
#PakhshanAzizi #StopExecutionsInIran

[Peyman Haghighi @Peyman223]

همچنان زیر حکم اعدام.

#پخشان_عزیزی

[Impressions @impression_ists]

Vincent van Gogh, Irises

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @CrimeanVoyager]

They were all killed by russia at Kvitneva railway station.

They were just waiting for a train.

Just ordinary people trying to get home.

They could still be alive if Ukraine had enough interceptors to shoot down russian ballistic missiles.

Remember that.

[Masih Alinejad @AlinejadMasih]

Mehdi Roshani، a young Kurdish man from Malekshahi who went to the streets demanding basic rights and was tortured so severely is about to be hanged.

A witness who saw him in prison said:

"If you saw his body, you would be horrified. There was not a single uninjured spot. It was covered with marks of electric shocks and whips."

He was arrested on January 21. Transferred to Tehran. Held in total isolation for months. Tortured for forced confessions. Released on bail, then re-arrested two weeks later.

Now the Islamic Republic wants to execute him, using those confessions as "evidence." But he didn’t confess also his body was destroyed.

His family is too poor to afford a smartphone in order to fight for his life.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Peter Jennings passed today 2005:

[Abdorrahman Boroumand Center @IranRights_org]

🔸بنا بر گزارش روزنامه «شرق»، تنها در سال ۱۴۰۴ بيش از ۱۰۰ روزنامه نگار و نيروى ادارى در يكى از بزرگ‌ترين مجموعه‌هاى رسانه‌اى خصوصی كشور كار خود را از دست دادند.
وضعيتی كه در كنار محدوديت‌هاى حكومتی و خطر برخوردهای قضايى، روزنامه نگاری مستقل در ايران را به طور همزمان زير فشار سياسی و ناامنی شديد اقتصادی قرار داده است.
#روز_خبرنگار

[Luiz Santos Official @LuizSantosMusic]

Joan Miro - Personnages Rythmiques - Rhythmic Characters - 1934
#art #arts

[The Epoch Times @EpochTimes]

Mark Twain’s Advice on Growing Old

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[@_rt* @literatura_rte]

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
A Walk at Twilight

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

Man hunting Drones: the terrifying new warscape in one clip. Thk god this man survived

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Сьогодні багатьох шокувало чергове відео «сафарі», яке ведуть росіяни дронами проти людей у Херсоні. Російський дрон цілеспрямовано полював за чоловіком, який продавав овочі в Херсоні, підірвався поруч із ним, і росіяни самі визнали, що скоїли цей злочин і що не просто не шкодують, а пишаються тим, як знущаються з людей. Чоловік був поранений вибухом. Щодня росіяни роблять такі «сафарі» на звичайних людей у Херсоні.

Світ повинен бачити це. Повинен бачити кожен факт, що Росія збожеволіла, і кожен факт, що російські військові насолоджуються вбивствами й знущанням із людей. Без тиску на Росію, без демонтажу її агресивного потенціалу та без реальних гарантій безпеки від Росії просто неможливо уявити, що світ зможе співіснувати із цим злом. Потрібно бути й надалі рішучими, щоб захищати життя. Треба так діяти й так підтримувати життя, щоб Росія була змушена справді задуматися про мир, а не про те, як збільшити дальність своїх дронів.

І це стосується не тільки України. Російське «сафарі» проти людей повинне зупинитися в Україні й точно не має поширитися ще на інші країни. Фінляндія і Казахстан, держави Балтії та Польща, держави Південного Кавказу та Румунія і Молдова – усім варто співпрацювати, щоб були реальні гарантії безпеки та щоб російська війна йшла до закінчення. Мир потрібен, а отже – співпраця всіх у світі, хто справді мир цінує. Дякую кожному, хто допомагає Україні!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, many were shocked by yet another video of the drone “safari” Russians are carrying out against civilians in Kherson. A Russian drone deliberately hunted down a man selling vegetables and detonated right next to him. The Russians even admitted to the crime, showing zero regret and openly boasting about tormenting people. The man was wounded in the blast. Every single day, ordinary people in Kherson face these Russian "safaris."

The world must see this. It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad and that its soldiers take pleasure in killing and abusing civilians. Without pressure on Russia, the dismantling of its capacity for aggression, and real security guarantees, it is simply impossible to imagine the world being able to coexist with this evil. We must remain resolute in defending life. We must act and support life in ways that force Russia to seriously think about peace rather than expanding the range of its drones.

This is not just about Ukraine. Russia’s campaign against human life must be stopped here in Ukraine before it spreads further. Finland and Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and Poland, the countries of the South Caucasus, Romania, and Moldova—all should work together to ensure real security guarantees and bring Russia’s war to an end. Peace is needed, which requires cooperation among everyone in the world who truly values peace. Thank you to everyone standing with Ukraine!

[Linda Cole @fsu6768]

@librarycongress Since the Library of Congress is celebrating Sgt. Stubby today, I am recommending you watch the movie “Sgt. Stubby”. The whole family will love it!

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Celebrating Sgt. Stubby on this Purple Heart Day. 💜 Stubby was a stray smuggled to Europe during World War I by the 102nd Infantry Regiment. He went on to earn the Purple Heart twice, for injuries he suffered in a gas attack and from a grenade.

[Luiz Santos Official @LuizSantosMusic]

PICASSO - Femme assise de face, en brun, au fauteuil d'osier (Woman seated facing forward, brown, on a wicker chair)- 1960 Oil on canvas #art #arts
Museo Picasso Málaga, Spain