Iran Tavakoli

Thoracic Surgeon, personalized medicine enthusiast, advocate for equity and diversity

[Alireza Akbari @itsalireza_akb]

Hamidreza Afrideh, a composer and kamancheh player, sits on the ruins of his music school and says:

"I wanted the last sound that remains here to be music, not bombs and missiles."

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Historic!

This is the highest quality video ever taken of the moon!

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

Two systematic, meta-analyses on psychedelic drugs today
Brain Circuit Function @NatureMedicine
https://t.co/nBmjreYEXU
Depression @NatMentHealth
https://t.co/zJR06AsC0Z

[Amnesty MENA @AmnestyMENA]

Iranian authorities must immediately halt any plans to execute 19-year-old Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh who has been detained since 9 Jan for taking part in protests in Rasht, Gilan province, and stop weaponizing the death penalty against protesters.

According to @amnesty’s information, agents stormed Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh’s family home on 9 January and subjected him and his 2 sisters, one of whom is a 14-year-old child, to sexual violence in violation of the absolute prohibition on torture and other ill-treatment.

The agents forcibly stripped Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh and his sisters naked in front of everyone present to inspect their bodies for metal pellets to “prove” their participation in the protests. They arrested him after finding the metal pellet wounds he sustained during protests on 8 Jan.

According to an informed source, the authorities told him during a court session on 17 Jan that he is accused of “betraying his country” and sentenced to “death by hanging”. The authorities have informed his family that his execution is scheduled for 21 Jan.

The authorities must immediately reveal Amirhossein Ghaderzadeh’s fate and whereabouts, after subjecting him to enforced disappearance since his arrest on 9 Jan. They must protect him from further torture and other ill-treatment & grant him access to adequate medical care.

UN member states must urgently press Iranian authorities to halt all executions and end the deadly crackdown against protesters, the scale of which remains hidden amid the internet shutdown. The Iranian authorities must restore internet access to the people of Iran NOW.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Amnesty strongly condemns Israel’s deliberate killing of journalists in an air strike on a media tent in occupied Gaza City.

Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues have been the eyes and voices of Gaza. Starved and exhausted, they continued to bravely report from the frontlines, despite death threats and immense grief.

No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed than Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

There must be an independent and impartial investigation into the killings of Palestinian journalists, with justice and full reparation for their families. States must urgently act to bring an end to Israel’s genocide now.

[MSF International @MSF]

What we think about GHF-run food sites in Gaza:

• This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. 
• GHF must be dismantled immediately. 
• No state donor should fund GHF. 
• The UN-led coordination system must be restored. 
• The siege on Gaza must be lifted to allow safe, large-scale aid delivery.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

Israel must rescind outrageous decision to “take control” of Gaza City and entrench its military occupation.

Read more: https://t.co/GoS1m03i4U

[World Food Programme @WFP]

People in #Gaza are dying from lack of humanitarian assistance - food, clean water, and other essential lifelines.

A ceasefire is long overdue and humanitarians should be able to reach all those in need, wherever they are.

[Niz @NizMhani]

The sheer intellectual collapse you have to experience to be faced with 122 international aid organisations telling you the same thing... ISRAEL IS STARVING GAZANS... only to decide they are ALL lying & that actually Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial for fraud, is telling the truth.

[MSF International @MSF]

Mass starvation is spreading in Gaza. Our colleagues and the people we serve are wasting away.

It is time for governments to take decisive action and save lives:

https://t.co/iczHvwITiY

[Iran Tavakoli @IranTavakoli]

Children and families in Gaza are in urgent need of life-saving support. Please join me and donate to help provide humanitarian aid to Gaza @UNICEFCanada https://t.co/VLElyJ592Z https://t.co/Z6lF0WjGjF

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPeacePrize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.

#NobelPrize

[Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @IshmailSaboor]

A reminder of the trajectory of Nobel Laureate Katalin Kariko. Passed over for a tenured position, grants rejected, ideas shunned and overlooked. She was just too far ahead of the curve and not savvy at playing the traditional scientific game. Now look! https://t.co/P8pkHetMd8

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

2023 #NobelPrize laureate in physiology or medicine Katalin Karikó (@kkariko) was born in 1955 in Szolnok, Hungary.

She is a professor at Szeged University and an adjunct professor at @Penn.

https://t.co/Dzq0SNJOUD

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

[Tom Varghese Jr. MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE 🇺🇸 @TomVargheseJr]

One of the most amazing things to see is the growth of an incredible organization of leaders, @WomenInThoracic .

The best of the best. #AATS2023
#inspirational @AATSHQ

[Iran Tavakoli @IranTavakoli]

Fantastic EDI discussions at #AATS and marking the first female president of the society. Exciting times for our field 🤞

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The top 15 hedge fund managers on Wall Street make more money in a single year than every kindergarten teacher in America combined — over 120,000 teachers.

[Pooja Prasad, MD @poojaprasad91]

3⃣♀️ are under-represented in leadership

[Lizzy Smyth @LizzySmyth1]

➡️We need a collaborative PD-L1 Blueprint type study in gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma to be satisfied that we are using a biomarker which is reliable and reproducible..

Watch this space @EORTC @sundar__raghav