Ehsan

[Kaveh Madani @KavehMadani]

Universities are centers of learning and hope, not battlefields.

Targeting them, whatever the justification, erodes norms that protect civilians, knowledge, and future generations.

We must not allow this to become normal.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

One month after starting the war in Iran, this is the statement of the President of the United States on Easter Sunday.

These are the ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual. Congress has got to act NOW. End this war.

[Reza Nasri @RezaNasri1]

Arab states that permanently host U.S. military bases have, as a matter of black-letter international law, forsaken their sovereignty and no longer qualify as fully sovereign states. They therefore cannot invoke the rights and protections reserved exclusively to states that actually meet the legal definition of sovereignty, and they have no say about Iran's right to defend itself against US aggression.

The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933), Art. 1, defines statehood by four cumulative requirements, the decisive fourth being “the capacity to enter into relations with other States.” This capacity requires exclusive and independent authority over territory and external affairs, without subordination to any other power (Island of Palmas arbitration, 1928; Lotus case, PCIJ 1927).

Numerous Arab states — including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Jordan, and others — host permanent U.S. military bases and facilities under Status of Forces Agreements. These agreements grant American forces extraterritorial immunity, exclusive operational command, and control over large areas of sovereign territory. Local courts cannot prosecute U.S. personnel, local legislatures cannot inspect bases, and host governments cannot unilaterally order eviction without risking severe economic or military retaliation. CIA operational centers embedded within or alongside these bases conduct intelligence, surveillance, rendition, and lethal activities beyond effective Arab oversight.

A state that cannot control who bears arms on its soil, who conducts intelligence operations, or who decides when foreign forces depart has, by definition, surrendered the exclusivity of authority required by Montevideo. It is no longer exercising the functions of a state “to the exclusion of any other State.” It has become, in legal terms, a semi-sovereign protectorate, leased territory, or a modern vassal in all but name.

Arab states hosting permanent U.S. military bases have voluntarily (or under duress) forsaken the fourth Montevideo criterion. They therefore fail the legal definition of fully sovereign states and cannot invoke the full protections of sovereign equality (UN Charter Art. 2(1)) or non-intervention (Art. 2(7)) against the very power whose bases and intelligence apparatus they host.

The Arab world must confront this stark legal reality: symbols of statehood such as flags, UN membership, and national anthems confer no genuine sovereignty when the fundamental attributes of independence have been surrendered — least of all the standing to object when Iran exercises its inherent right of self-defense against American aggression emanating from bases on Arab soil.

[Kaveh Madani @KavehMadani]

The reported strike on a desalination plant on Qeshm Island is deeply worrying. Millions depend on desalination across the Middle East.

Damage to water infrastructure, whether intentional or accidental, sets a dangerous precedent and risks depriving civilians of drinking water.

[Siavash Ardalan @BBCArdalan]

صحبتهای یک چهره‌ راستگرای آمریکایی در این میزگرد جنجال آفرید. وقتی یکی گفت اگر آمریکا حمله نمی‌کرد، دختران مدرسه میناب الان زنده بودند، مت شلپ گفت «زنده برقع به سر در جامعه ای وحشی». مت شلپ دبیر تشکیلاتی بنام ACU است که رضا پهلوی پارسال اونجا سخنرانی داشت و امسال هم سخنرانه.

[دانشمند ناراضی @ResindScientist]

@ChayasClan FAKE!
Temperatures in Minab stay above 20°C this time of year. You won't find any snow in this part of Iran

[🥀طوقی🥀(MEHDI)61 @SarbazeDameshgh]

واقعا تو اون لحظه همچین تصمیمی فقط از یه انسان واقعی برمیاد❤️

#کاشمر

[Samira Mahdva @sa_mhdva]

۸ دقیقه برای رفاقت ...

یه رفیقی داشتم گوش نیوش بود برای دوره سختی از مشکلاتم مخصوصا همزمان با تصمیم گیری مهمی بود...
خواستم این کلیپ رو بهش تقدیم کنم
(توییتر هم هست خوشبختانه)
رفیق کافیه تکست بدی:
"آیا ۸ دقیقه وقت داری؟ "

[مامِتِیْن @hosseinkolakaj]

تاریخ دو بار تکرار می‌شود؛
یک بار به صورت تراژدی و بار دیگر به صورت کمدی.

[Rahim Barzegar @RmBarzegar]

I am delighted to share that, effective June 1st, I have been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the Research Institute on Mines and Environment (RIME) at the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT).

[Alireza Ghorbani @arghorbani51]

هله نومید نباشی که تو را یار براند
گرت امروز براند نه که فردات بخواند؟

در اگر بر تو ببندد مرو و صبر کن آن جا
ز پس صبر، تو را او به سر صدر نشاند

و اگر بر تو ببندد همه ره‌ها و گذرها
ره پنهان بنماید که کس آن راه نداند

#مولانا

[Alireza Shirazi | علیرضا شیرازی @alirezashirazi]

+ زن‌ها: هیچ تفریحی نداریم!

مردها همون موقع:

https://t.co/9tHdp3GCcS

[Hamed @hamed__p]

چقدر قشنگ اینو درست کرده 🤣🤣🤣

[Hamid Janipour @hamidjanipour]

“دنیای دیوانه دیوانه دیوانه” انیمیشنی از نورالدین زرین‌کلک از آرشیو کانون پرورش فکری کودکان و نوجوانان/۱۳۵۴

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Not all steps need to be climbed

[Amir AghaKouchak @AmirAghaKouchak]

Our multi-method global #heatwave and warm-spell data record and analysis toolbox (GHWR), shows alarming trends in frequency and severity of heatwaves in the past decades:
https://t.co/2gVJoGlEKh

[Reza Zadeh @Reza_Zadeh]

Persians interested in video for 5200 years 😂

[ᴘᴀᴠʟᴏᴠ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɢɪ @PAVGOD]

he protec, he attac, he go to the market and barter for snaccs https://t.co/9mcxERjC8S

[Leeds Birder @leedsbirder]

A successful hunt for this Short-Eared Owl at sunset. Higher quality version here: https://t.co/3mwwz2AGp6 #phonescoping

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

Just Incredible. Cr. Physics Fun