فاطمه

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[فاطمه @Fatmathinks]

Prejudice against Shias in Saudi has always reached peaks, but the execution of a teenager is the height of Saudi’s extreme human rights violation. Why aren’t people covering this or alienating/sanctioning a terrorist-funding state that oppresses the minorities #MurtajaQureiris

[fatima bhutto 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷 @fbhutto]

At the time 13 year old Murtaja Qureiris was arrested, he was considered the youngest political prisoner in Saudi Arabia. Today, the kingdom is preparing to execute him.

[🐢 @recklessrai]

Distance plays a big part in why America is the way it is. They would never be so bold if they were close to the scene of their crimes imo. Their citizens don’t feel the effects of what their country is doing to the rest of the world directly.

[Iran News 24 @IRanMediaco]

Dr. Rahimi, the engineer responsible for building the Karaj Bridge (which would have been the largest bridge in the Middle East) that America bombed while it was in its final stages, tells the Iranians:

If God extends my life, I will certainly rebuild this bridge, and I promise you that you will cross it.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

This is a MUST read article by @smeslami & Zeynab Malakouti!

It reveals how Tehran's calculations re the Straits have changed. Rather than use this leverage to negotiate an end to the war, Tehran is looking to establish a permanent transit fee mechanism and use its leverage to reestablish economic relations with countries who - due to US sanctions - have more or less ended their ties with Iran.

https://t.co/JtVitpQ43P

[محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf @mb_ghalibaf]

If the United States gets three more victories like this, it will be utterly ruined. 👏

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

- Strait of Hormuz is not closed. Ships hesitate because insurers fear the war of choice you initiated—not Iran

- No insurer—and no Iranian—will be swayed by more threats. Try respect

- Freedom of Navigation cannot exist without Freedom of Trade. Respect both—or expect neither

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

The US/Israel bombed an elementary school in Shiraz, and it appears to be another case of AI identifying the target without human oversight. How so?

Because the name of the school contains the word "Shahed"...

[kev joon @never_oppressed]

I just want to tear my heart out watching an Iranian father wail like this because his home was destroyed and his daughter killed. I hope the misery that has been inflicted upon Iran and Iranians haunt the architects of this war to the end of their days.

[The Protagonist @protagonist_xig]

Did you know that the composer of the famous Game of Thrones soundtrack is Iranian?

This is a cover of the iconic piece on the Iranian Daf, arranged by Reza Sajjadi and the original composer of this music is Ramin Djawadi 🔥

Notice who is playing it?

[𝙎👼🏻 @SZade15]

Wake up, babe, the Jews are trying to make the Sunni and Shia fight each other, yet again.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

This is the saddest video you will watch today. Russian pranksters trick Reza Pahlavi into believing they are representatives of German Chancellor Merz. Despite obvious flags - the unmistakable Russian accent, the representative's Hitler mustache, who also introduces himself as Adolf (!) - the man who wants Trump to install him as Shah in Iran, cluelessly falls for it.

But it gets worse: The "German" representative announces that Germany will start bombing Iran together with Israel and the US (this was days before the war started), and an elated Pahlavi welcomes it and says that it is important that the US and Israel are not isolated in conducting this "crusade."

Yes, Pahlavi approvingly calls the Israeli-US war on Iran a crusade...

(Incidentally, Pahlavi's handler is Justin Forsyth, a former British government official who later resigned from his post at UNICEF after admitting to inappropriate behavior with female staff...)

[Mohanad @MohanadElbalal]

A while back ago I came across this clip of an Iranian firewoman doing a TikTok trend and it dawned on me just how a single clip can fly in the face of the heavily propagandised orientalist image of Iranian women.
Iran is being carped bombed as we speak ostensibly we are told to save its women from oppression; the irony is that many of these Iranian first responders will be women.

[ز @MyLifelsAMovie]

sorry but killing a dude at the end of his life was literally the most pathetic result

the only winner in this situation was khamenei. died a martyr, possibly an instant death, with no arrests, court cases, sentencing, due process; none of that

he died for what he believed in

[KHAMENEI.IR | فارسی @Khamenei_fa]

به نام نامی حیدر علیه‌السلام

[الكسندرا ميراي @Lexi3Alexander]

Can't drive a car during shabbat but you can start a war.

[Middle East Observer @ME_Observer_]

⚡️🚨 Iranian shahed drone hits a building in Bahrain

[شرق‌زده sharghzadeh @sharghzadeh]

Did this backpack belong to an IRGC officer?

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

The Omanis are famously cautious. The Omani FM going on CBS to reveal what has actually been achieved in the negotiations is quite unprecedented. And what has been achieved is significant - Trump can indeed declare victory. Listen to this segment - it goes way beyond what Obama achieved.

But everything indicates that Trump won't take yes for an answer. That he will start a war of choice very soon.

Which is probably why the Omani FM decided to go public.

So that the American people knew that peace was within reach when Trump instead opted for war.

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: The son-in-law and daughter-in-law of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei were killed in strikes, according to member of Tehran City Council.

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّار @OmarBaddar]

5 things to understand about the war on Iran 🧵