In my interview with French journalist @marievaton for Le Nouvel Obs, I argued that the âhard-lineâ approach around #RezaPahlavi risks âweakening the opposition in order to maintain a weak and divided Iran.â
I also warned against reproducing the same âauthoritarianâ and âillusoryâ logic of the Islamic Republic by trying to impose a symbolic power.
On April 27 in London, during a demonstration in support of @PahlaviReza, around a hundred men entirely dressed in black, some of them masked, marched in what appeared to be a frightening display, paying tribute to the elite unit of the ancient Persian Empire, the Immortals.
âImmortal guardsâ to replace the IRGC? Or rather to resemble them more closely?â
This is a hard article to read, but I hope you'll do so. I've spent some time reporting on widespread rape and other sexual violence of Palestinian male and female prisoners by Israeli authorities, and the article is now published. The assault victims were warned not to give speak of what they endured -- they were sometimes told they would be killed or raped if they gave interviews -- but they found the courage to do so. One man described being raped three times in a single day in Israeli prison, the third time after he tried to protest. A young woman said the guards would come in at the beginning of each shift and strip her naked and abuse her. Another reported that she was shown photos of herself being raped and warned they would be released unless she cooperated with Israeli intelligence. Even three children who had been detained told me they had been sexually abused. Look, whatever our position on the Middle East, we should be able to agree on being anti-rape. Sexual assaults were horrific when Israeli women were targeted on Oct. 7, and they're equally horrific when Israeli authorities use them against Palestinians day after day after day. We should be able to find common ground in opposing rape. Here's a gift link to the article: https://t.co/aMMHId49OO
7. Jâen profite tant que jây suis: monsieur lâambassadeur nâen est pas Ă son premier mensonge au sujet dâenquĂȘtes sur lesquelles jâai pu travailler.