One of the most true sentences ever written:
"A regional order organized around Israeli impunity requires levels of coercion that are accelerating American decline."
Brilliant as always from @QuincyInst NRF Asli Bali
https://t.co/hd48CWZOqZ
Mehdi slams Trump’s illegal Iran war and how the U.S. narrative is eerily similar to that of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine.
President Trump has revealed the true purpose of his attack on Iran: regime change.
But that is not the likely outcome. And the way Trump went about it — without a broad coalition, without congressional authorization — undermines the US-led order.
My take:
اگرچه تا ابد حسرت محاکمه و مجازات خامنهای را خواهیم داشت، اما این حسرت، فدای یک لبخند بر لب مادران و پدرانِ همه جاویدنامان همه این سالها.
چشمشان و چشممان روشن!
#قدرت_بدست_مردم
Khamenei is dead. The end of an era: "He was felled by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, an American president and Israeli Prime Minister whom he loathed. He lived by “Death to America” and “Death to Israel.” He died by death from America and Israel." https://t.co/ANu1FAnyxi
Another Iranian drone hits the US base in Bahrain, with Bahrainis seemingly celebrating the strike, chanting "Ya Ali!"
This is significant because it foreshadows what will likely happen if the war takes on a religious dimension, such as if Ayatollah Khemeni is assassinated.
BREAKING: Israel has launched a “preventative” attack against Iran, as witnesses say they have heard explosions in Iran’s capital, Tehran, according to the Reuters news agency.
An Iranian lawyer said a court had sentenced a father to death and his daughter to 25 years in prison over their alleged involvement in the January protests.
Ali Sharifzadeh Ardekani said Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court sentenced Mohammad Abbasi to death on a charge of “enmity against God” in connection with the killing of a police colonel during unrest in Malard. His daughter, Fatemeh Abbasi, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
He said the case was referred to Branch 39 of the Supreme Court after an appeal but that the court declined to accept the family’s chosen lawyers at the review stage, citing procedural grounds. Sharifzadeh Ardekani said he was told the ruling was about to be issued and that new legal representation would not be accepted.
Rights groups have repeatedly raised concerns over Iran’s handling of protest-related cases, citing the use of broad national security charges, limits on access to chosen lawyers and allegations of forced confessions and arbitrary detention.
https://t.co/1ubnBTt8wH
Iranian father cries over the body of his son.
Mani Safarpour was just 18 years old.
The Iranian regime shot him in the streets.
Simply because he wanted freedom.
💔🇮🇷
Amid Iran’s internet blackout, it’s difficult to hear from eyewitnesses just what happened during the country’s brutal crackdown but @JomanaCNN manages to do just that in this extraordinary report.
For me — what is perhaps most disturbing about the situation in Iran, aside from the carnage — is the silence. We must never forget that the international community and virtually all major “activists,” have abandoned our Persian friends. I’m sickened.
This is why Zohran Mamdani won. He's a modern, educated American with a sense of humor who not only knows how to communicate, but understands and empathizes with the plight of working class Americans. I sincerely hope the Democratic Party is taking notes.