Niki نیکی

Politics and Culture (mostly Iran)

[Gol Bezan @GolBezan]

#Iran Asian Cup champion, olympian, and 1978 World Cup team member Hassan Nazari on choosing to cheer for #TeamMelli today

Full episode with Persian subtitles👇

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

For Iran, the road to the 2026 World Cup is about more than football. From security fears to the weight of a nation at war, Team Melli faces many challenges. In an exclusive interview, Mehdi Taremi speaks to @MissSamJohnson ahead of one of the most politically charged World Cups.

[Alex Shams @alexshams_]

Video from Tehran showing the moment US/Israeli bombs hit Jajrud street, killing a dozen members of a single family

Alongside pictures of the slain family members, the post reads: "They will not be forgotten"

Neither will the names of those who cheered on the bombs from afar

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

Think about what Fox has done to the boomer brain, multiply it by a 1000, and you will begin to understand what the foreign funded Persian language channels (most egregiously Iran International) has done to the psyche of Iranians worldwide.

[Negin Bagheri @neginbagheri91]

The father of 12 year-old "AmirSalar" wrote this heartbreaking text. Amir-Salar survived an American missile strike in #Lamerd, but lost 2 teammates & his coach. Shrapnel fractured his leg, leaving it hollowed out from knee to shin.

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

@h0d3r_fa @NavidHedayati مکه با پرواز خصوصی میرن؟ هیچ پرواز مستقیمی بین تیخوانا و لس‌‌آنجلس نیست، بعدش وقتی همون روز دارن میرن مگر نباید از گمرک رد بشن؟کلا تیم ما از همه سرف زیر فشاره و این منصفانه نیست

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

First FIFA refused Iran’s request to move their group stage games to Mexico and now fails to hold Trump to the responsibilities of a host nation. Profoundly unfair, and a terrible precedent

[Alex Shams @alexshams_]

A graphic depicting the absurdity of the discrimination

It seems Trump is trying to make the team perform well by adding several hours of flights to their game day

The definition of bad sportsmanship

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

The people I've met this week in Iran speak of terrible loss: homes, family members, life savings, but also of the traumatising impact the war has had on children.

Now, economic pressures are robbing them of their hope for the future.

It is vital that we support both the vulnerable Iranian and Afghan refugee population, to prevent a further deepening of this humanitarian crisis.

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

@marcthiessen You have “Catholic” in your bio and you rejoice at the sight of a city of nine million people aflame. How shameful. I suggest you follow what the Holy Father has said about this immoral war

[Alex Shams @alexshams_]

Why did some North America-based Iran human rights organizations that closely covered the January massacres stop releasing reports when it was Israel and the US massacring Iranian civilians?

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

It is the ninth piece on this page, it seems Morning Edition doesn’t do individual links for each program but does them for the day

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

A short and informative piece on Iran’s participation in the world cup, in which I argue that the team is national and belongs to the people

https://t.co/1rc2lXUPGV

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

اسراییل بودجه روابط عمومیش (بخوانید پروپاگاندا) را پنج برابر کرد. به زودی اثرش رو در تویتر و دیگر فضاهای فارسی خواهیم دید

[Matt Lieb?? @mattlieb]

If you’re wondering why it feels like everyone got more insane…

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

🇮🇷 Meet Iran's 2026 World Cup Team Players

The boys are ready to play DESPITE all the obstacles

[Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 @borzou]

TRIGGER WARNING: Another video shows ordinary Iranians doing ordinary things in Iran, this time by a tour guide visiting an antiques market and a park. Don’t watch if you believe the country is nothing more than an evil cesspool of terrorists in burqas and turbans forced to chant, “death to America”

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

Visited one of the hardest hit apartment complexes in Tehran, devastated by several missiles on March 9.
Found children toys and school books in the rubble.
Many people killed and wounded after the attack here.

Families fleeing from here have been among the thousands that have received emergency relief from NRC.
Thanks to Norwegian and Swedish support 9000 families who lost everything during the war have received a minimum of relief.
Most donors have given nothing to the Afghan refugees and Iranian civilian victims of the recent war.

[Siavash Ardalan @BBCArdalan]

بر اساس یافته های بخش راستی‌آزمایی بی بی سی, عامل ۲ حمله مرگبار به یک ساختمان مسکونی و یک ورزشگاه در شهر لامرد، موشکهای آمریکایی بودند که برای اولین بار مورد استفاده قرار می‌گرفتند. در این حمله ۲۱ نفر از جمله ۴ کودک جان باختند.

[Jan Egeland @NRC_Egeland]

I am back in Iran where millions of Iranian civilains and Afghan refugees have had their lives shattered by the recent war.

Tens of thousands of civilian homes have been damaged or destroyed, along with hundreds of schools and health facilities.

Essential civilian infrastructure has been damaged, exacerbating deep humanitarian needs.

3.2 million people fled their homes, including Iranian families and Afghans refugees. Others could not leave and were trapped close to the airstrikes.

Thousands of people have died or been injured.

17 million pupils have been unable to attend school in person.

My NRC colleagues here are working hard to provide essential support. But we are severely overstretched and underfunded.

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

@SasanianShah خیلی تویت جالبی بود ولی، یعنی اینکه همچین کتابی وجود داره و یک نفر همچین چیزی رو نوشته

[Niki نیکی @niki888]

@SecKennedy Of all the made-up wars, this is the most made-up of all