Mehdi

[Sana Ebrahimi Ledene @__Injaneb96]

For over a thousand years, Persians followed Zoroastrianism.
Until in the 7th century, Arab Muslim armies invaded Persia. The invasion involved violence, burning down cities and some libraries, and force conversion to Islam.
While they forbidden Persians to speak Parsi, many resisted cultural erasure. They preserved their language and heritage in secret.
The poet Ferdowsi spent thirty years writing "The Book of Kings" (Shahnameh) in Persian to revive the language and record Iran’s pre-Islamic history and legends.
He wrote:

“Those who once fed on camel’s milk and lizards
Have risen so high they now seek the crown of the Kayanian kings.
Shame on you, O turning heavens, shame.”

And:
“I suffered greatly for thirty years;
I revived the Persians with this Persian tongue.”

Thanks to him and others, Persian language and identity endured.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: Iran would rather invest in the rapists and murderers of Hamas than their own people.

The BBC and these other media outlets should be covering how evil these people are in Iran and the damage they’ve done to people all over the world.

[Ted Cruz @tedcruz]

I am deeply concerned about what we are hearing about an Iran “deal,” being pushed by some voices in the administration.

President Trump’s decision to strike Iran was the most consequential decision of his second term. He was right to do so, and we achieved extraordinary military results—including destroying all of their missiles & drones and sinking their entire navy.

If the result of all that is to be an Iranian regime—still run by Islamists who chant “death to America”—now receiving billions of dollars, being able to enrich uranium & develop nuclear weapons, and having effective control over the Strait of Hormuz, then that outcome would be a disastrous mistake.

The details are still coming out—and I pray the early reports are wrong—but the fact that Biden’s Rob Malley is praising the deal is not encouraging.

President Trump believes in peace through strength, and his strong leadership has already made America much safer. He should continue to hold the line, defend America & enforce the red lines he has repeatedly drawn.

[New York Post @nypost]

Tehran executes 29-year-old grad student accused of being CIA and Mossad spy https://t.co/c2crfXHmO8

[Morad Vaisi @RezaVaisi]

اعلام اسامی هزار جاویدنام‌ دیگر
جمعه ۱۸ اردیبهشت
ساعت۸ شب تهران
لایو یوتیوب مراد ویسی.
پیش از این اسامی ۱۰۴۴ به صورت یکجا در یک لایو خوانده شد.
جمعه آینده اسامی هزار نفر دومی که تاکنون در برنامه سیاست با مراد ویسی ایران اینترنشنال و لایو روزانه یوتیوب من خوانده شده‌اند به صورت یکجا خوانده خواهد شد.
اسامی به ترتیب الفبای نام‌خانوادگی خوانده می‌شوند.

تعداد مجموع اسامی که تاکنون خوانده شده به حدود دو هزار نفر می رسد.
این فهرست دو هزار نفره فقط شامل افرادی است که نام و مشخصات آنها به دست من رسیده است و شامل نام همه کشته شدگان انقلاب ملی شیر و خورشید نیست.
اسامی بسیار دیگری نیز در اختیار من است که در حال کامل کردن مشخصات آنها هستم.
خواندن اسامی جدید همچنان به صورت روزانه در برنامه سیاست با مراد ویسی ایران اینترنشنال و لایو روزانه یوتیوب من ادامه خواهد یافت.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: President Trump is heartbroken for Iranians who don’t have freedom. It’s heartbreaking to him to see that these people are abused and have no measures to take against their own government as a result of it.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO on IRAN: I don't know of any country in the world where there's a bigger difference between the people and the people who run the country.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: If Iran had a nuclear weapon and they decided to close the Strait and make our gas prices $9 a gallon, there would be nothing we could do about it.

This is another example why Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

[David Vance @DavidVance]

I wonder if the owner of Starlink knows?

[Ahmed Khalifa @_A_khalifa]

62 days with NO internet for Iranians!

[David Vance @DavidVance]

Cc @elonmusk

[𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ @NiohBerg]

EJEI IS ABOUT TO HANG EVERYONE.

BOMB HIM BEFORE THERE ARE NO YOUNG IRANIANS LEFT ALIVE.

WHY IS THIS DEMON STILL BREATHING?

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: Our desire is not to hurt the people of Iran. Frankly, we wish the voices of the people of Iran were heard as opposed to having 40,000 of them murdered in the streets, inside of hospitals, and executed on a routine basis.

They are victims of that regime.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

I won't stop

I will see a free Iran

Soon

[Fox News @FoxNews]

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio exposes the issues within Iran’s power structure and how it's preventing progress on peace in the Middle East:

“Unfortunately, the hardliners with an apocalyptic vision of the future have the ultimate power in that country.”

"Now that you have a supreme leader whose ability is still untested, whose access is questionable, who has not been seen visibly, publicly—has not spoken. We have not heard his voice."

@TreyYingst

[Neo @Realneo101]

🔴DON’T LOOK AWAY

This is Shayan Hadian. He is 17.

A swimmer.
A boxer.

The Islamic regime arrested him after the January protests and forced him to confess he “led the January protests.”

Now they plan to hang him.
He is just a kid.
Share this before they kill him.

[Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent]

Under Economic Fury, @USTreasury will continue to systematically degrade Tehran’s ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is sanctioning multiple wallets tied to Iran — resulting in the freeze of $344 million in cryptocurrency.

We will follow the money that Tehran is desperately attempting to move outside of the country and target all financial lifelines tied to the regime.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“Nobody knows who is in charge, including them. Also, we have all the cards, they have none! If they want to talk, all they have to do is call!!!” - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

[علی شریفی زارچی @SharifiZarchi]

تعداد واقعی ثبت‌نام‌شدگان پویش «جان‌فدا» کم‌تر از ۴ میلیون نفر است. جمهوری اسلامی تلاش کرد طرف‌داران خود را بیش از ۳۰ میلیون نشان دهد. اما یک اشتباه ناشیانه‌ی برنامه‌نویسی واقعیت را آشکار کرد: این سایت هنگام نمایش کامنت‌ها، شناسه‌ی کاربران را، که تماما اعداد زیر ۴ میلیون هستند، نشان می‌دهد. الگوی شناسه‌ها و فواصل آن‌ها و بررسی شناسه‌های جدید پس از ثبت یک کاربر جدید هیچ تردیدی باقی نمی‌گذارد که کل ثبت‌نام‌شدگان کم‌تر از ۴ میلیون نفر هستند.
برای راستی‌آزمایی کافی است دستور زیر را از ترمینال اجرا کنید:
curl -s 'https://t.co/TLOWMcIpK3' --data-raw 'action=getComments' | jq

[سيف الدرعي| Saif alderei @saif_aldareei]

🔴 Brilliant Move by Trump: Maximum Pressure Without Firing a Shot!
Instead of an expensive war or a quick weak deal, President Trump is executing a smart strategy: “No war. No deal. No oil.”
He is letting the Iranian economy collapse under the weight of crushing sanctions by driving Iran’s oil exports close to zero — depriving the regime of its main source of hard currency.

This approach shows cold, calculated strategic intelligence. Trump is leveraging America’s energy independence to turn time itself into a lethal weapon. Without shedding significant American or Israeli blood, and without offering easy diplomatic concessions, he is waiting for the Iranian regime to reach full economic breakdown: runaway inflation, severe shortage of foreign currency, and inability to fund its militias and nuclear program.
The expected outcome? Either Tehran surrenders under harsh American terms, or internal collapse weakens the regime from within — all at a very low cost to the United States.
This is not weakness; it’s smart power. A move that perfectly reflects Trump’s philosophy of “the art of the strong deal” in foreign policy.
Time will tell if it succeeds… but it is undoubtedly far smarter than traditional, hugely expensive wars. 🇺🇸