Addis Ababa is becoming the center of almost everything lately. So many events happening back to back and the city is actually entering the global spotlight atp 🙌🏼 🇪🇹
Dear Italy,
Your PM just defended Pope and lost an ally in Washington — the Commander in Grief, yet the most 'powerfool'man on earth.
We'd like to apply for the vacancy.
Our qualifications: 7,000 years of civilization, a shared love of poetry, architecture, and food that takes longer to prepare than Trump's attention span.
The only thing Iran and Italy have ever fought over is who invented ice cream. Faloodeh came first. Gelato came louder. We've been in a 'cold' war over this for 2,000 years.
2015, after the JCPOA:
U.S: Iran’s banking sanctions have been lifted!
Iran: Then why can’t I transfer funds?
U.S: I don’t know.
2026, after the 42-day war:
Iran: The Strait of Hormuz is open in accordance with the announced regulations!
U.S: Then why can’t I move ships through it?
Iran: I don’t know.
Ethiopia’s UN Vote on Israeli Settlement Sparks Criticism & Confusion at Home
Ethiopia voted 'NO' on UN Human Rights Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestine, sparking domestic backlash for shifting its decade long diplomatic stand. Critics say the shift is a blow to Ethiopia's historic resistance against colonialism & Apartheid.
https://t.co/qd8RxZXkbB
TURKEY BETWEEN IRAN AND THE USA
Sources report that Ankara has issued a warning to Washington, Baghdad, and the Kurds. If Kurdish forces are used against Iran, Turkey will strike. But not out of brotherly feelings. Erdogan understands: tomorrow's Kurdish weapons will be used by today's American "allies" against Turkish soldiers.
The Kurdish issue is indeed a Achilles' heel for Turkey.
But it's not profitable for Ankara to engage in confrontation with the USA.
If after the war, Washington bets on Israel and Saudi Arabia, Turkey will lose its patronage.
Ankara's economy is also struggling. The central bank's reserves are dwindling. The lira is holding on by a thread, and unemployment is rising.
Therefore, Turkey is acting cunningly. It receives investments from the USA, freedom of action in Syria, and silence on the Kurdish issue. In return, it doesn't hinder attacks on Iran, helps with logistics, and doesn't quarrel with Israel.
💯 Anti-American rhetoric is just for domestic consumption. In reality, Erdogan is following in the footsteps of the USA and NATO. Without them, Turkey won't be able to resist either Iran or Russia. And that would be the end of all Turkish imperial fantasies.
Stone Age?
At a time when you were still in caves searching for fire, we were inscribing human rights on the Cyrus Cylinder.
We endured the storm of Alexander and the Mongol invasions and remained; because Iran is not just a country, it is a civilization.
🇸🇦 #Mecca is our #Kaaba, 🇮🇷 #Tehran is our culture, 🇵🇰 #Islamabad is our shield, 🇵🇸 #AlQuds is our destination, 🇪🇬 #Cairo is our heritage, 🇸🇴 #Mogadishu is our fortress, 🇧🇩 #Dhaka is our sword, 🇲🇦 #Tangier is our gateway, 🇸🇾 #Damascus is our heart, 🇮🇩 #Jakarta is our blessing, 🇧🇦 #Sarajevo is our honor, 🇮🇶 #Karbala is our sacrifice, 🇦🇿 #Baku is our wisdom, 🇱🇾 #Tripoli is our resilience, 🇶🇦 #Doha is our splendor, 🇩🇿 #Algiers is our harmony, 🇸🇩 #Khartoum is our dignity, 🇰🇿 #Astana is our grace, 🇦🇱 #Tirane is our triumph, 🇦🇫 #Kabul is our reverence, 🇽🇰 #Pristina is our legacy, 🇲🇾 #KualaLumpur is our marvel, 🇹🇲 #Ashgabat is our pride, 🇹🇷 #Istanbul is our capital.
This is the 3rd time I will be tweeting this and I will keep tweeting it until you stop vilifying Iran ignorantly.
My job is to counter all the misinformation and attempt to project the US as the hero in this conflict.
A BREAKDOWN OF THE IRAN Vs US CONFLICTS AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED:
1. Iran in the early 1950s was a constitutional monarchy which mixed Democracy and Monarchy and had a balance.
They had an elected parliament (Majles), political parties, and a prime minister chosen through parliamentary politics until the United States and Britain intervened.
In 1951, Mohammad Mosaddegh became Prime Minister. He was widely popular and moved to nationalise Iran’s oil industry, which had been controlled by the British-owned Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
In 1953, the CIA and Britain’s MI6 orchestrated the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, also known as Operation Ajax.
The coup removed Mosaddegh from power
Strengthened Mohammad Reza Pahlavi who reversed oil nationalisation.
The Shah’s Rule from 1953–1979 after the coup, the Shah gradually consolidated power.
Political opposition was suppressed
Secret police (United States-funded SAVAK) were empowered, elections became controlled, and Iran rapidly became authoritarian.
In 1979, mass protests led to the fall of the Shah due to excessive oppression. The revolution brought Ruhollah Khomeini to power and established the Islamic Republic.
The new system replaced monarchy with clerical rule under the concept of Velayat-e Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist).
2. After the Islamic Revolution, the US admitted the exiled Shah for medical treatment, which Iranians saw as protecting a tyrant. This directly triggered the US embassy hostage crisis (Iranian response), after which the US severed ties, froze Iranian assets, and imposed initial sanctions marking the start of long-term economic isolation.
3. From 1980–1988 The US provided Saddam Hussein with intelligence, weapons, economic aid, and even overlooked his use of chemical weapons against Iranian troops and civilians (killing hundreds of thousands of Iranians). This was a deliberate proxy effort to weaken post-revolutionary Iran.
4. In 1988 a US warship shot down a civilian Iranian passenger plane over Iranian airspace, killing all 290 people aboard including 66 children.
The US called it a "mistake," but awarded the commander a medal.
So when unlearned people gaslight you and present whatever the United States is doing in Iran as a gesture of goodwill to its people, this is the sequence of events that led Iran to evolve into a centralised government and has to be militarily strong for its own security.
And to protect itself against Western aggression.
🇮🇷When a missile is launched from Iran, how many obstacles does it face on its way to Israel?
Obstacles from Iran to Israel:
1. American military ships in the Persian Gulf
2. Israeli radars in Azerbaijan
3. Israeli radars in Turkmenistan
4. Air defense systems of American bases in Iraq
5. Air defense of the American base in Syria
6. American radars in Saudi Arabia
7. Radars in Qatar
8. Radars in Iraq
9. Radars in Kuwait
10. Radars in the UAE
11. Radars in Bahrain
12. British radar in Oman
13. NATO radar systems in Turkey
14. Jordanian air defense
15. American fighter jets in the skies over Jordan
16. American fighter jets in the skies over Israel
17. British fighter jets in the skies over Jordan
18. British fighter jets in Israel
19. French fighter jets in the skies over Jordan
20. French fighter jets in the skies over Israel
21. Air defense of American ships in the Red Sea
22. American ships in the Mediterranean Sea
23. British air bases in the region
🚀After entering Israeli airspace:
24. Ultra-modern American TPY-2 radar
25. Ultra-modern American THAAD missile defense system
26. Israeli Arrow 1 and 2 missile defense system
27. "David's Sling"
28. "Iron Dome"
🔥 In fact, Iranian missiles overcome the most extensive, expensive, advanced, and dense air and missile defense system in the world and still deliver strikes on Israel.
this ramadan, learn Arabic.
At least to the point when you can understand most of the Quran w/o translation.
if you are complete beginner:
> start Bayyinah Arabic course. "Dream Big: 10 Days" by Nouman Ali Khan (link below)
If you are somewhat familiar:
> improve your vocabulary
Weather conditions have improved at some moon-sighting observatories.
Hearts are preparing for the most beautiful month of the year…
Only moments separate us from the announcement of the crescent sighting result for the blessed month of Ramadan. 🌙
I’m not sure which version of @reda_getachew I should be responding to 🙂
Anyway, Getcho, you piece basically admits what I have been writing about Abiy’s supposed for RSF. So, are you trying to tell us that Abiy is protecting the national interest by supporting the Janjaweed militia that is committing genocide and dragging us into the Sudanese conflict?
I heard a quote the other day.
There is no longer Sunni or Shia anymore.
There is only those who stand with the resistance and those who stand against it.
Allah bear witness
I am with the resistance whether Sunni or Shia
And I am against the traitors whether Sunni or Shia
With the collapse of international law and order, expect nothing but WARS. With the collapse of the world economy, expect not ordinary wars, but WORLD WARS. HISTORY TOLD US.
America Said Vietnam Is Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
America Said Cub Is Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
America Said USSR Is Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
America Said Grenada Is Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
America Said Libya Was Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
America Said Iraq Was Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
America Said Syria Was Bad
WE AGREED. We were fooled.
Now America Says Iran Is Bad.
We say EFF you. We are not fools anymore.