Mats Andersson

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[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

The images emerging now from Iran of young people, older people, boys and girls, who were murdered in the last few weeks by the Iranian Islamic dictator, the Islamic Corps of Revolutionary Guards, Basij militia and imported killers from Iraq, are heartbreaking but also enraging.
Some depict beautiful people at play, at the gym, dancing, on motorbikes; some makeshift morgues full of bodies; some streetscenes where killers shoot down unarmed protesters; and many show families opening bodybags to find their dead children shot in the head; others discover bodies of protesters wounded then executed in hospital beds and particularly women with uteruses removed or other horrors to conceal brutal rapes... Many are not young but it looks like the slaughter of the best and brightest of Iran Gen Z. Ive tried to repost these here.
I dont want us to tire of theses or look away. So many are these images that it is hard to open the images or repost them.
I have been contacted by people in Iran (who weirdly read my books in pirated Farsi editions) who manage to come online in various ways and they beg me to keep posting these images and faces and keep talking about them. Embarrassingly they thank me just for doing this! That is why i am writing this now. We must keep going and keep doing so.
The numbers killed are astonishing: based on sources within the murderous dictatorship, it may be as many as 36000 were murdered just in the first days of the terror 8/9 January and more later - making it likely that 40,000 is a horribly plausible estimate.
This makes this event the most greatest massacre in modern Iranian history by far, the greatest single event slaughter in modern MIddle Eastern history since 1900 - along with the Assad's liquidation of an entire town, site of Islamist insurgents, Hama, in 1982 when around 30,000 were killed. Both of them not taking place in wars but in cold blood - and this Iranian atrocity being far more terrible since none of the protesters were armed.
We live in a time of egregious comparisons to the Holocaust when the Holocaust is repellently abused and minimized by cynical cretins - radiohosts, podders, politicians- to criticize anything from vaccination to ICE raids. But here is a comparison that stands in its scale and horror: in size and horror this does resemble the two days of Babi Yar near Kiev in Sept 1941 where 33,000 Jews were killed. It is also worth pointing out that an entire progressive movement arose against the autocracy of the Shah. And his was an autocracy. But in his forty year one reign, only around 3000 people were killed, mainly in the last year before his downfall. This week alone would have murdered in the streets, torturechambers, hospitals of Iran. It is very striking that the UN has barely commented on this; its sec-general has been shamed publically by dissident @AlinejadMasih; many countries have refused to vote against Iran; many of those formerly known as 'progressives' are silent or supporting the regime - incredibly; some famous so-called 'humanitarian' NGOs - many of them organizations i revered since my childhood; hello Amnesty where is your other ball now - are silent. In doing so, they have discredited any claim to humanitarian credentials and exposed themselves.
Many Iranians dissidents have asked where are all the 'humanitarian' protesters who filled our streets, where are the righteous actors and other boobies now? It says alot that a comedian @omid9 is still doing more than BBC or Sky to cover this story. There are a plethora of great Iranian writers historians activists on X covering this. The killing is still going on.
The tyranny is fatally damaged, it may fall on its own ultimately, it is now even more tainted, more likely metamorphose into an ICRG dictatorship. But history shows declining damaged regiimes can survive for years. Britain - as usual desperately doing a lamely virtuous catchup following more determinated players in foreign policy, sometimes sensible things, othertimes foolish - is i think banning ICRG but when the lumbering EU is ahead of you, we should worry; it should also seize the properties owned by Khamenei family and dynasties; and do more.
For now all depends on the US President; depending on the details, a US strike might make its downfall more likely or it might not. What can we do? Not enough but keep posting the pictures for a start....

[Reza Pahlavi @PahlaviReza]

Iranians abroad and freedom-loving people around the world,

February 14 is the Global Day of Action in solidarity with Iran’s Lion-and-Sun Revolution, a day to take to the streets and compel the international community to take urgent, practical steps in support of the Iranian people.

Our six demands are clear:

1. Dismantle the regime’s machinery of repression and protect the people of Iran
2. Cut off the regime’s financial lifelines in full
3. Ensure free internet and communications for the people of Iran
4. Expel the regime’s "diplomats" and prosecute its criminals
5. Immediate release of all political prisoners
6. Prepare to recognize a legitimate transitional government to lead Iran toward democracy

Munich, Los Angeles, and Toronto are the main gathering points. If you cannot travel, join protests in your own city and be the voice of Iran.

The Islamic Republic’s occupying rule has tried to break our nation’s will through massacre and brutal violence. It has failed. These invading terrorists, alien to Iran, have slaughtered tens of thousands of brave Iranians and cut off the internet to hide their crimes. Yet the people of Iran still stand before bullets, raising the cry of freedom and love of country. The era of fear is over. The era of freedom is near. Iranians have risen.

To those of you who believe in Iran’s freedom: on Saturday, February 14, rise in solidarity with the people of Iran. Your solidarity matters. When we stand united, governments are compelled to listen. History will remember those who stood with the Iranian people.

Long live freedom.
Long live Iran.
Victory to Iran’s Lion-and-Sun Revolution.

[Dana Pourkomeylian™ @Pourkomeylian]

https://t.co/EpsPrC5MF7

[Smedjan @SmedjanTimbro]

Svensk utrikesjournalistik brukade sträva efter att fastställa vad som verkligen hänt. Numera publiceras nästan dagligen grova skevheter. Christian Palme, tidigare utrikeskorrespondent för DN, frågar sig vad som hände.
https://t.co/N9YYzhebSk

[Hynek Pallas @hynekpallas]

Riv upp postkolonialismen och börja om 👇🏽

https://t.co/vzEWwnhhdk

[Diana Janse @sigriddiana]

Tbilisi nu. 20 år efter att de baltiska staterna blev EU-medlemmar kämpar andra fortfarande för att komma bort från Rysslands destruktiva inflytande. De förtjänar vårt stöd. #StandwithGeorgia

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

OPINION: From Navalny to Gaza: Human rights activists need to connect the dots. https://t.co/ER6DTZUaky

[Mats Andersson @MatsJMA]

@M_Merzinger @MuharremDemirok Ungern väljer i dessa tider skaka hand med Ryssland, Kina och Iran. Dessa länder kan därmed i värsta fall förväntas veta vad Ungern får veta. Hur lämpligt är det då att Ungern har inblick i svensk militärteknologi? Får hoppas Griparna levereras utan allt för nya uppgraderingar.

[Mats Andersson @MatsJMA]

@granskandeblick @LorentzTovatt @Fjellner Kan ha hålla kvar en landningsbana som en ”Bromma-aveny” mitt i villakvarteren, blir vägbas i händelse av krig, övrig tid kan Brommabarnen åtnjuta norra Europas största bandyplan

[Hynek Pallas @hynekpallas]

https://t.co/TJ2Xemn2mf

[Adele Josephi 🇮🇱 @JosephiAdele]

Khomeini skilde också på judar och Israel.
Tillägnar denna text av mig i GP kultur till alla som tjatar om att skilja på judar och Israel. Vi måste få bestämma själva vad vi vill vara skilda från och inte. Icke-judar ska inte bestämma det åt oss. Lägg av med gaslighting.

[Johan Anderberg @johananderberg]

Den här texten av Simon Sebag Montefiore var det bästa jag läst på länge om Israel/Palestina, så jag mejlade honom och frågade om jag fick översätta den. Det fick jag.
Är tacksam för att Fokus ville publicera den. Finns nu på deras sajt – utan betalvägg. Läs!

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened —how fast people on bikes “appeared” —once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “#Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t.

It took leadership.

[Mats Andersson @MatsJMA]

@Cornubot Tusen små sailors som vi sks betvinga!
Oh boy oh boy oh boy!

[Patrik Oksanen @patrikoksanen]

Tycker du att det varit mycket senaste veckan med Hamas massterror, ledningar i Finska viken, gängkrig som löpt amok i Sverige, hårda strider i Ukraina...vänta bara...

https://t.co/cadCGh9rZa

[Christer Sfeirكريستر @ChristerSfeir]

Konflikten över det heliga landet tar fram, igen, det sämsta hos folk. Jag säger det igen, det går att ha två tankar i huvudet. Det går att vara israelvän utan att hålla med israels politik. Det går att sympatisera med palestinier utan att stödja Hamas. Det går att uttrycka avsky mot de barbariska scenerna av mord och kidnappningar av civila israeler och samtidigt uttrycka fasa över israeliska bombningar av palestinska hem.

[Jakop Dalunde @JakopDalunde]

Detta visar hur oerhört subventionerade vanliga parkeringsplatser är. Om den den som parkerade bilen själv behövde betala hela kostnaden så skulle den bli mycket högre.

Men idag är det istället alla andra som tar resten av notan, oavsett om man kör bil eller inte. Orimligt.

[Leif Öster @leif_oster]

Läsvärt;

https://t.co/hONRElASnw

[Mats Andersson @MatsJMA]

@LiberalaErik Om @vansterpartiet @socialdemokrat @miljopartiet släpper lite prestige, så finns det alltid möjlighet att rösta fram en C-L eller ren L-regering om man så känner för att slippa en Sd-M-Kd-regering.

[Mats Andersson @MatsJMA]

@inashmdn Kan hon åka dit på GDPR i det här fallet(?)