News and developments inside Iran, concerning domestic Iranian politics, and the Iranian diaspora.
#Political situation in Iran
queen wolf
Well, just made this thread especially as the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini nears, we can expect a resurgence in protests.
Issues like military activity, nuclear activity, and foreign relations seem to deserve another forum entry (IMO), but as long as no entry is made, can be here I guess.
Usually I’m getting footages of demonstrations from the Iranian left like MEK/NCRI. They collate videos and news every day, but the pro-MEK bias will always be in their reports.
Other sources are very welcome.
queen wolf
On Wednesday, September 13, 2023, security forces killed a young man named Hamed Bagheri in Golshahr, Karaj, by firing four bullets. They subsequently abducted his body.
https://iran-hrm.com/2023/09/14/a-young-protester-was-shot-to-death-by-security-forces-in-karaj/
queen wolf
UK also imposed additional sanctions earlier
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1185203/Notice_Iran__Human_Rights__150923.pdf
queen wolf
Canada also joins anniversary sanctions:
https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2023/09/on-first-anniversary-of-mahsa-aminis-death-canada-announces-additional-sanctions-against-iranian-regime.html
queen wolf
Image of Mahsa Amini juxtaposed on a wall in Ahmedabad St., Mashhad
https://t.me/radiofarda/112033
queen wolf
Submitted to VOA Farsi: strikes on anniversary of Amini’s death in the following places:
- Sanandaj, Rojhelat- https://youtube.com/watch?v=E1kIuAJO8TQ
- Kermanshah- https://youtube.com/watch?v=NZWlFeSWuQU
- Bukan- https://youtube.com/watch?v=KtU6jK6rXk0
Heavy presence of military and security forces in Tehran's Narmak Square on the anniversary of Mehsa Amini's death
https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhLa2an3nU0
queen wolf
Mahsa Amini’s father Amjad was reported to have been under house arrest as authorities try to prevent the commemorations of her deth anniversary
https://ir.voanews.com/a/mehsa-amini-s-anniversary-the-possibility-of-house-arrest-of-mehsa-s-father-and-restriction-of-road-to-the-cemetery/7270978.html
Afsun Najafi, the sister of #Hadith_Najafi, announced in an Instagram story about the arrest of Najafi's family one day before the anniversary of #Mehsa_Amini's death. (Radio Farda)
https://t.me/radiofarda/112074
queen wolf
Submitted to VOA Farsi: strikes on anniversary of Amini’s death in the followin...
Report from Hengaw:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/09/arbitrary-detention-of-amjad-amini-father-of-jina-amini-by-irgc-forces-in-saqqez
queen wolf
Protest videos gathered by VOA Farsi:
- Arak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so76ez3EkDk
- Shariati St., Tehran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBVIx2-Zc7g
- Ferdowsi St., Tehran: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjY5aC3L_OE
- Unspecified place in Sistan and Baluchestan province: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFJLyIoqM-Y
Radio Farda: On the anniversary of the death of #Mahsa_Amini following the arrest of the Guidance Patrol forces, videos from #Tehran have been released that show the intense security atmosphere in the capital.
https://t.me/radiofarda/112062
The user page attributed to #Golrokh_Iraei, the imprisoned civil activist, announced on Saturday 25 September that a number of women activists set fire to their shawls in the courtyard of #Evin prison as a sign of protest.
https://www.facebook.com/radio.farda/posts/pfbid0MPCj38aD3yrthaxDHiKtbs4LVyKMYpnJCESBtpbKYAuQoe6ed7tch29QxZVqvZCCl?__cft__[0]=AZUJWK03ELo317m1PYab7LtX5-3HczHPhm4DKAsBwBL6c_B95vHaJHsrZIogw8z46DVqn_FK91g5TlTAuT3NSKkru10BqO2EflS7CcXH6-JXXI_a6IUyMk0CJiwYaXk-epY6srODTa7CT3YtFhn0mmn5gy6UFVfLhetyJ-Z2R2hjas3mYuWy2ilGZWKGQOkOFYQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R&_rdc=1&_rdr
According to the videos published on social networks on Saturday 25th of Shahrivar 1402, government forces are present in the streets of #Rasht city.
https://t.me/radiofarda/112067
Videos collected by Radio Farda:
- Mashhad: https://t.me/radiofarda/112069, https://t.me/radiofarda/112078 (traffic jam)
- Karaj: https://t.me/radiofarda/112070
A video has been published on social networks that shows the attack of government agents on motorcycles towards several protesters in Lahijan.
https://t.me/radiofarda/112100
BBC Persian: Baneh-Saqez road blocked from 06:00 (local time) on 16 September 2023
https://web.facebook.com/bbcpersian/posts/pfbid02cuK1D4ZRQPu86WcmC3y5Y9pdZsfQgweDrCXec9WrzQtKt1XHFySfhBs9mQLmu79fl?_rdc=1&_rdr
queen wolf
The continuation of the arrest of union and civic activists; Arrest of two labor activists in Sanandaj
The information channel of the Free Union of Iranian Workers announced the arrest of two labor activists in Sanandaj by the security forces.
https://ir.voanews.com/a/continue-to-arrest-union-and-civic-activists-arrest-of-two-labor-activists-in-sanandaj/7274262.html?nocache=1
PMOI, 17/09/2023:
Hamedan— security forces open fire against protesters (can be distressing): ||https://twitter.com/Mojahedineng/status/1703453855785054219||
queen wolf
Aida Shakarami, sister of Nika, on the arrests of visitors to Nika’s grave: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYxsaTJDFr/
Instagram
vast oar
queen wolf
Simultaneously with the arrest of at least five students and the summoning of dozens of students on the eve of the new academic year, the student activists of 12 major Iranian universities in a joint statement, as well as the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Tehran University of Art in a separate statement, called the new academic year "a new stage of activism and resistance". In front of the "repressive actions of the government" they read and wrote: "We announce loudly that they will bury the university's and our students' wish for inaction and silence."
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/iranian-students-school-years/32605735.html
The arrest of the teacher of Mashhad #Mehdi_Shibani, the teacher of Abolfazl Adinezadeh
The family of Zina Abolfazl Adinezadeh, who died in the uprising, announced on their virtual network accounts that Mr. Mehdi Shibani, the teacher of Abolfazl Adinezadeh, was arrested in order to celebrate his birthday and attend the anniversary ceremony of Abolfazl Adinezadeh.
https://t.me/kashowra/17683
queen wolf
Center for Human Rights in Iran: On the anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini's killing in state custody, Iran's government has enacted a "Chastity and Hijab" Law, intensifying gender apartheid in the country.
https://iranhumanrights.org/2023/09/irans-parliament-approves-harsh-new-hijab-law-escalating-repression-of-women-majles/
queen wolf
One of the spokespersons of the US State Department called the behavior of a member of the delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the UN meeting in threatening and attacking the reporter of Iran International unacceptable and said that the United States will investigate this matter.
https://iranintl.com/202309220952
The Hengaw Statistics and Documents Centre has recorded that, in less than nine months since the beginning of 2023, security forces in various Iranian cities have arrested at least 110 children and students and 43 teachers and educators. Moreover, judicial authorities have imposed flogging and imprisonment sentences on 17 teachers and 5 students.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/09/hengaw-thematic-report-a-report-on-the-brutal-crackdown-on-teachers-and-students-in-iran
queen wolf
In the continuation of the widespread dismissal of professors who are critical and not aligned with the government, Masoud Alia and Fereshteh Hosseinishakib, professors of the University of Arts and supporters of protesting students, announced their dismissal and the university's opposition to the extension and conversion of their contracts.
https://ir.voanews.com/a/iran-two-more-university-lecturers-sacked/7290371.html/
queen wolf
#Navid_Mihandoost, a film and television director who is incarcerated in #Evin prison, published a letter about the death of a prisoner in Ward 4 of this prison due to a delay in treatment and sending her to the hospital.
https://t.me/radiofarda/112873
queen wolf
Anniversary of Zahedan’s “Bloody Friday” last year gets bloody, with 23 protesters injured by security forces, 4 of which are children.
Contents of links blurred for purposes of security for demonstrators and of censoring graphic material. Additional censors on links, so click with care
||https://twitter.com/IranWireEnglish/status/1707772128638951856||
||https://eaworldview.com/2023/09/iran-protests-zahedan-security-forces-fire-on-protesters/||
queen wolf
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queen wolf
Rapper Toomaj Salehi dismisses his two lawyers from representing him after they told media his condition during detention is stable.
Statement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdNGylJjbEt/?hl=en&img_index=1
Report: https://t.me/radiofarda/113116
Instagram
queen wolf
Just remembered what I had read hours ago, regarding a girl pulled out from Tehran Metro; like Amini, she was beaten by the “Guidance Patrol” and fell into coma.
Twitter
More info reported by Hengaw: https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/10/hengaws-report-on-a-teenage-girl-a-victim-of-mandatory-hijab-in-tehrans-metro-in-iran
Report from IranWire on Geravand’s condition: https://iranwire.com/en/news/121138-exclusive-teenager-assaulted-in-tehran-metro-taken-to-hospital-with-weak-vital-signs/
queen wolf
Journalist Maryam Lotfi of Regime-affiliated Sharq Daily arrested after trying to report on the situation of Geravand
https://www.didbaniran.ir/بخش-اجتماعی-حوادث-5/165635-مریم-لطفی-خبرنگار-شرق-بازداشت-شد
An interview with Geravand’s parents by state-run IRNA. Regime critics suspect the testimony was forced:
In the morning she went to school. She was supposed to see her friends at the Shohada Metro Station. Now, when they went there… I think my daughter’s pressure… I think her blood pressure dropped, I don’t know… I think… Well, they said that her (blood) pressure dropped. OK? … Her pressure dropped or… Anyway, she fell down and her head hit the edge of the metro.
Footage showed the unconscious 16-year-old being pulled by her friends. No footages of the violence were released by the regime.
https://twitter.com/IRNA_1313/status/1709117072167305418
queen wolf
An interview with Geravand’s parents by state-run IRNA. Regime critics suspect t...
Translation from https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/10/03/armita-geravand/
queen wolf
queen wolf
An eyewitness told the Guardian: “A female veil watcher attendant had an argument with Armita Ground when she entered the subway car, over not wearing a hijab.” According to him: “The veiled woman shouted: Why don’t you wear a hijab?”
Armita responded, “Am I telling you why you don’t wear a headscarf?” Then their argument escalated into violence, and the female veil watcher attacked Armita, severely pushing her. Another witness stated, “Armita was conscious even when she fell to the ground.”
Also in the report: Shahin Ahmadi, Geravand’s mother, was detained and is currently missing.
https://iran-hrm.com/2023/10/05/two-eyewitnesses-reveal-details-of-armita-gravand-falling-into-coma/
queen wolf
Rights activist Majid Tavakoli sentenced for five years
||https://ir.voanews.com/a/majid-tavakoli-was-arrested-the-sentence-of-5-years-imprisonment-/7300774.html||
(Covered for privacy of family, featured in article)
peak barn
static valve
https://twitter.com/NatalieAmiri/status/1712491875171545580?t=k3BeKNmHsavfjAvSva...
Find it hard to believe Iraq would let them pass if they were heading for Israel
So I wouldn't register this as anything other than exercises etc for now
queen wolf
Women's rights activisy Fatemeh Sepehri was transferred from the prison to the "CCU" department of the hospital
Her brother says that on Wednesday, 25 October 2023, the political prisoner was taken to the hospital and she was admitted to the critical care unit of "CCU".
https://ir.voanews.com/a/fatemeh-sepehri-iran-human-rights/7325866.html
She had her heart surgery earlier this month, then she was sent back to prison.
https://vxtwitter.com/HRANA_English/status/1715280442666918179
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-sepehri-prison-heart-surgery/32646865.html
queen wolf
Breaking:
Armita Geravand, the girl who was attacked by the Guidance Patrol in Tehran Metro, is declared dead after around 28 days in coma after the assault.
https://www.irna.ir/news/85272839/آرمیتا-گراوند-دانش-آموز-تهرانی-در-گذشت
https://ir.voanews.com/a/7330776.html?nocache=1
Expect another Mahsa Amini moment…. 🕯️
queen wolf
Trigger warning: ||Suicide||
Amir Arsalan Ezhdehakosh, a 15-year-old protester, was abducted by security forces on October 7, 2022, in Maaliabad, Shiraz. He was subjected to two months of physical and psychological torture by the security forces. On the anniversary of his arrest, on October 7, 2023, he ||“committed suicide by hanging himself” on the roof of his house and tragically lost his life||.
||https://iran-hrm.com/2023/10/27/amir-arsalan-a-15-year-old-protester-commits-suicide-on-the-anniversary-of-his-detention/||
queen wolf
"Tomorrow is the funeral of Iranian girl #Armita_Geravand:
Plot 99, Behesht Zahra, at 9 am on Sunday
Funeral:
07 Aban (29 October), 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
Jabri Mosque, Piruzhi Street, Tehran
Let's not forget our heroes"
https://vxtwitter.com/pouriazeraati/status/1718285987661410453
https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1718280862255476846 (similar content from Iranian opposition outlet Iran International)
queen wolf
Hengaw: more security forces dispatched at Plot 99 of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery than mourners
https://www.facebook.com/100063760282320/posts/pfbid0WT5CAuoaKxbZManxAgBteAvSD9fQnWE7NUsCW7Nexquh4oaRU5vB6SMUXLWqsV7Kl/
https://fb.watch/nZOdUlZg5K/ (Iran International)
Video shared around 11 am local time. Body of Armita Garavand has not yet arrived at the Plot.
https://www.facebook.com/100011299805951/posts/pfbid024bwjWS21KvwkQ8NYZkbz6x95yskpx2nqTV1WUHGypm3q7Tk2pc2NN9rz9SSQA3W9l/
queen wolf
Video shared around 11 am local time. Body of Armita Garavand has not yet arrive...
Also shared by Iran International: https://fb.watch/nZO8VJAWIt/
Gathering at the morgue at Behesht-e Zahra: https://www.facebook.com/100012744006722/posts/pfbid02XHfr3sm82D2hpJey5QwQ7NgKZyEJbfAUcN7NWuJ96acDaXjuXXBHroccn9KetLkXl/, https://fb.watch/nZOtMCbfyS/
Protests at funeral of Armita Garavand: https://t.me/IranintlTV/199536
Chants: “Armita, your soul is happy” (https://t.me/IranintlTV/199537)
queen wolf
"Two relatives of #Armita_Garavand , as well as several women, whose identity is not yet known, were arrested by the security forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the area of Behesht Zahra."
https://t.me/Hengaw_Org/20639
Hengaw: "A person named Saeed Garavand, a police colonel in Tehran, who was the husband of #Armita_Garavand's aunt and her father's cousin, played a key role in the news censorship during the past period of Armita's hospitalization and was responsible for confiscating the mobile phones of a number of family members and Relatives have been continuously controlled on virtual networks in such a way that they have been threatened with arrest."
https://t.me/Hengaw_Org/20634
Roads leading to Behesht-e Zahra were reported to be blocked to prevent influx of mourners.
https://www.facebook.com/100012744006722/posts/pfbid02c9sPDZzkvjYmL2RTK3f95k2AfnvVHEN6Bkgv6G9p7L9TRR1xTAa8gabbB2g9KEhhl/
Will double check locations later as I have more impending stuff to do
Funeral of Armita Garavand: https://www.facebook.com/100012052176551/posts/pfbid0ZPsrstD6JJaEK1i1YmtwW3j9DuwKNjibW3Nt9uKT3spX3VgUsDxzi7N3aFEwx4CBl/
queen wolf
Burial of Armita Garavand: ||https://t.me/IranintlTV/199546||
(Nothing sensitive, but may be upsetting to some audiences)
queen wolf
Roads leading to Behesht-e Zahra were reported to be blocked to prevent influx o...
First image features Aftab City Road interchange of Tehran-Qom Freeway; next image is more difficult to find on Google Maps as there are roads not featured, in Islamshahr (two establishments I found are “Imam Khomeini Stadium (Islamshahr) Vaccination Centre” (bottom) and Taleghani Town (upper red pin))
Meaning the roadblocks could be widespread; Aftab is beside Behesht-e Zahra, Islamshahr is farther westward.
queen wolf
Heavy police presence around Jaberi Mosque, where funeral for Armita Geravand is to be held: https://t.me/IranintlTV/199588
Funeral snippet: https://t.me/IranintlTV/199591
queen wolf
Heavy police presence around Jaberi Mosque, where funeral for Armita Geravand is...
Hengaw: even many of those inside the reception hall of the mosque were security forces, that family members refused to eat inside
https://t.me/Hengaw_Org/20645
thanks for nothing 😤
queen wolf
Strong security presence in Valiasr St., Tehran, where major protests were held before
https://t.me/IranintlTV/199604
queen wolf
"Two relatives of #Armita_Garavand , as well as several women, whose identity is...
Among those detained are:
- teacher/trade unionist Masoud Zeinalzadeh
- PS752 victim relative Manzar Zarabi
- renowned lawyer/ rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh
https://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-67254592
queen wolf
She had her heart surgery earlier this month, then she was sent back to prison.
...
Late send: Fatemeh Sepehri was in prison, then hospital, then back in prison, then back in hospital
https://www.rferl.org/a/iram-sepehri-prison-hospital-heart-khameini-critic/32655245.html
queen wolf
The regime must have managed to control protests-- these are restricted to shouts from homes, like in Tehran: https://t.me/IranintlTV/199670
queen wolf
Late post sorry
The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) on Thursday said one of its members was shot in front of his house in Erbil, blaming Iran for the hit. The member, a lawyer, was injured in the incident.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/161120231
queen wolf
According to reports obtained bu the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Milad Zohrevand, a 21-year-old from Malair, was sentenced to death under the false charge of "killing a government force" named Ali Nazari during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi Revolution. The execution took place at dawn on Thursday, November 23, 2023.
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/11/secret-execution-of-milad-zohrevand-detained-protester-in-hamadan-central-prison-raises-concerns
queen wolf
From #middle_east-north_africa message
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/29/iran-child-hamidreza-azari-execution-un-human-rights-milad-zohrevand
queen wolf
Summary of the latest executions in Iran: https://iranhumanrights.org/2023/12/urgent-international-action-needed-against-escalating-political-executions-in-iran/
knotty flicker
it is truly horrific 💔
queen wolf
The trial of a jailed Swedish diplomat began in Tehran on Sunday with the prosecutor accusing him of "corruption on earth" and cooperation with Israel, and calling for the death penalty.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iran/10122023
queen wolf
queen wolf
Outlet of left-wing opposition Mojahedin-e-Khalq: A new case of government-linked embezzlement case has been making the rounds across Iran. This latest case of economic corruption has taken place in the “tea” market.
https://english.mojahedin.org/article/the-3-7-billion-tea-embezzlement-case-in-the-latest-manifestation-of-the-corruption-of-irans-regime/
A group of former political prisoners in Iran, survivors of the 1988 massacre now residing in Switzerland, have filed a legal complaint against Ebrahim Raisi, the president of Iran (pictured). They seek his prosecution for Genocide and crimes against humanity. Raisi is accused of being a key figure in the 'death commission' in Tehran during the 1988 massacre. This massacre, following a decree by Ruhollah Khomeini, the regime's founder, led to the execution of 30,000 political prisoners over several months, writes Shahin Gobadi.
https://www.eureporter.co/world/iran/2023/12/11/iranian-exiles-file-legal-complaint-in-switzerland-against-iranian-president-urging-his-prosecution-on-the-verge-of-his-geneva-trip/
queen wolf
A group of former political prisoners in Iran, survivors of the 1988 massacre no...
Instead of Raisi, FM Abdollahian is the one representing the regime in the Geneva meeting.
https://en.irna.ir/news/85319881/Iran-FM-departs-for-Geneva-to-attend-UNHCR-meeting
queen wolf
MEK politcal wing report on sentencing of three female prisoners and execution of 22 individuals, 13/12/2023
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/statement-human-rights/female-prisoner-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison-on-the-charge-of-being-an-mek-supporter/
Alleged Mossad agent executed in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-executes-agent-israels-mossad-intelligence-service-official-media-2023-12-16/
twilit latch
https://vxtwitter.com/HananyaNaftali/status/1736850661185053119 xpost #israel-palestine
twilit latch
https://vxtwitter.com/shashj/status/1736272818092773796 xpost #1164712839206936688
queen wolf
Swedish appeals court upholds life imprisonment sentence for Hamid Nouri, who was involved in 1988 politicide
https://www.reuters.com/world/swedish-court-upholds-guilty-verdict-iran-executions-case-2023-12-19/
I don’t know how credible the reports on the mandatory phone app are.
queen wolf
MEK politcal wing report on sentencing of three female prisoners and execution o...
New report of MEK-affiliated NCRI on more executions
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/statement-human-rights/khamenei-continues-the-wave-of-executions-in-iran-in-fear-of-uprising-with-48-executions-in-two-weeks/
queen wolf
queen wolf
Execution spree continues with two more lives claimed on grounds of drug charges
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/12/execution-of-two-prisoners-for-drug-crimes-in-khorramabad-central-prison
I don’t know if the statement is viewed in the article as speculation.
Yahya Ebrahimi, the representative of Delfan County in the regime’s parliament, stated in a video interview released on Wednesday, December 20, 2023: “Around one to two thousand young people from this county have been sentenced to death on charges of selling drugs,” and “they are in the stage of implementation of their verdicts,” meaning that they are on the verge of execution.
https://iran-hrm.com/2023/12/22/human-rights-catastrophe-death-sentences-issued-for-2000-people-in-the-small-city-of-delfan/
Assassination plot in the UK reported by ITV, with plotters linked to officials close to Bashar al-Assad, and targets being Fardad Farahzad and Sima Sabet, who both worked in Iran International
https://www.itv.com/news/2023-12-20/iran-spy-plot-to-kill-two-news-presenters-in-london-uncovered-by-double-agent
twilit latch
https://vxtwitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1739272564415861160 xpost to UAE #middle_east-north_africa
queen wolf
“According to human rights media, four prisoners were executed in Birjand prison on Wednesday in connection with drug-related crimes. The execution of these prisoners was carried out without a final meeting with their families. In these reports, the names of three executed people, Ismail Qadir Moqam, Ahmad Gergij, and Mohammad Hissari, are mentioned.”
https://iranintl.com/202312284377
queen wolf
“Mizan identified those executed as three men – Vafa Hanareh, Aram Omari and Rahman Parhazo – and one woman, Nasim Namazi, who were sentenced to death on charges of ‘moharebeh’, an Islamic legal term meaning “‘waging war against God’, and ‘corruption on Earth’ through their ‘collaboration with the Zionist regime’, referring to Israel.”
queen wolf
I’ll wait for a statement the regime will blame it on “counterrevolutionaries”, “mobs” and “hypocrites”/Mojahedin.
Israel— given it will be blamed.
Also reminded me of the stampede during his funeral.
queen wolf
Increased to 103
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/kerman-soleimani/32758477.html (Persian)
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-explosions-soleimani-death-anniversary/32758522.html (English version)
brazen saffron
I haven't seen this account posting as much lately, but they had interesting info in the fall of last year. They're discussing victims
https://vxtwitter.com/1500tasvir/status/1742665377081934293?s=19
queen wolf
I haven't seen this account posting as much lately, but they had interesting inf...
1500tasvir is well-known in Iran, documenting events especially protest ones and what is happening to individuals (getting arrested, sentenced etc. during protests). They have a few million followers on IG
https://www.instagram.com/1500tasvir/?hl=en
Shameful I forgot the account, but I was also checking its updates in 2022.
brazen saffron
1500tasvir is well-known in Iran, documenting events especially protest ones and...
I'm illiterate on Instagram. Can't even find my DMs. Thanks for the insight 
queen wolf
Oh I see, I also find difficulties in accessing Instagram posts, especially when and that I don’t log in.
queen wolf
Update: death toll down to 95
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-deadly-blasts-near-grave-of-slain-qassem-soleimani/a-67882464
brazen saffron
Did not see this coming
Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Deadly Bombings in Iran https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/world/middleeast/us-isis-iran-general-suleimani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE0.DdkV.IlvmDFMjDufm&smid=nytcore-android-share
(gift link)
queen wolf
Did not see this coming
Must be seeking attention as what it has done during the Las Vegas shooting while it was at the brink of defeat in its territories.
https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/04/17/was-islamic-state-group-claim-for-las-vegas-attack-fake-news
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Must be seeking attention as what it has done during the Las Vegas shooting whil...
Apparently they are not fans of Suleimani and Iran
queen wolf
Yes IS also claimed responsibility for the attacks in Tehran in 2017. IRGC’s involvement in the war against the group as well.
queen wolf
Islamic State’s Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that killed nearly 100 people, US intelligence confirms. 'The intelligence is clear-cut and indisputable,' a source told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-intelligence-confirms-islamic-states-afghanistan-branch-behind-iran-blasts-2024-01-05/
Crosspost in #india-subcontinent
Death toll updated at 89
https://apnews.com/article/iran-funeral-suicide-bombings-islamic-state-mideast-41ee9a74dfa0191acefa58705e318c70
queen wolf
“Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said that some agents linked to Kerman terrorist attacks that left at least 89 people dead and scores more injured on Wednesday have been arrested.”
https://en.irna.ir/news/85344437/Some-agents-linked-to-Kerman-terrorist-blasts-arrested-Iran
queen wolf
Originally in #middle_east-north_africa
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401053844
queen wolf
While 35 individuals have been captured across Iran in connection with a January 3 terrorist attack in the southern city of Kerman, the manhunt has expanded to foreign countries for the remaining elements, the Intelligence Ministry of Iran said.
queen wolf
Islamic State’s Afghanistan-based branch carried out twin bombings in Iran that ...
Contradictory assessment: https://vxtwitter.com/ajaltamimi/status/1744670219765690831
(Posted in #middle_east-north_africa )
queen wolf
“Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, detained journalists, were released from Nedan after about 16 months by posting a bail of 10 billion tomans. This is a picture of them that was published after their release from prison.”
https://iranintl.com/202401145573
queen wolf
The other way around happens to Narges Mohammadi, being sentenced to 12 years in prison.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67986227
queen wolf
Police in Semnan province arrest two for “insulting Qasem Soleimani”
https://ir.voanews.com/a/police-officer-of-semnan-province-arrest-two-people-nsulting-qassem-soleimani-/7448121.html
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Assassination plot in the UK reported by ITV, with plotters linked to officials ...
Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials it said were involved in threats to kill journalists on British soil, and others it said were part of international criminal gangs linked to Iran.
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-sanctions-iranian-officials-over-plot-kill-journalists-2024-01-29/
Late send sorry
“According to an announcement by one of the officials of the Guardian Council, the clerics of this council did not approve the eligibility of Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Dr. Hassan Rouhani for candidacy in the upcoming elections for the sixth term of the Assembly of Experts. It is worth mentioning that this matter will also be officially declared through the Ministry of Interior.”
https://www.rouhanihassan.com/Fa/News/106708/ (Persian)
queen wolf
Late send sorry
“According to an announcement by one of the officials of the Gua...
Remark from left-wing opposition NCRI: https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-election/why-khamenei-eliminated-hassan-rouhani-from-upcoming-iranian-elections/
queen wolf
London-based Manoto TV ends broadcasting on 31 January 2024; managers cite financial issues
https://www.facebook.com/share/oPpHWCKDQRCJXLeS/ (VOA Farsi)
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Radio Farda: a photo of a malnourished lion in Vakilabad zoo, Mashhad was spread on social media.
Another case of blatant negligence by the regime on animal welfare. I don’t know if Iran has the worst animal welfare record, but in World Animal Protection’s Animal Protection Index, from A to G (with G being the lowest), the Iranian regime’s score is G.
||https://t.me/radiofarda/120181|| (not graphic but some of you might get disturbed)
Voiceless’ Animal Cruelty Index ranks Iran in 2017 at 45 out of 50 countries.
https://vaci.voiceless.org.au/countries/iran/
Poor thing animal welfare indices are not updated yearly
queen wolf
Sorry guys I covered this a little. Polls were held, turnout was expected and reported to be low.
The militant group MEK/PMOI has a trove of videos of polling precincts lacking voters— https://youtube.com/@pmoiran/videos
I don’t know what’s the best way to compile these though
queen wolf
List of cities with reported election boycotts: https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/ncri-statements/iran-reports-from-215-cities-across-31-provinces-indicate-widespread-boycott-of-unprecedented-scale-as-of-7-pm/
queen wolf
I don’t know what’s the best way to compile these though
This might do
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/latest-news-in-brief/iran-news-in-brief-march-1-2024/
queen wolf
Turnout:
Official: 24,861,542 (40.6%)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/01/iran-election-extended-by-two-hours-with-turnout-at-just-27
Opposition: 8.2%
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-election/iran-the-actual-participation-rate-in-the-regimes-elections-is-8-2-equivalent-to-5-million-people/
queen wolf
“The violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led to serious human rights violations by the Government of Iran, many amounting to crimes against humanity, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran said in its first report today.”
Press release: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/03/iran-institutional-discrimination-against-women-and-girls-enabled-human ; report inside link
Sensitive topic; refer to #gender-based-violence-misogyny
queen wolf
“The violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrim...
The UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has released today a new, detailed report - a Conference Room Paper -which provides an overview of the information and evidence upon which its recent findings are based.
The document is linked here: ||https://www.facebook.com/share/v/hxPNEQUSny33zpGj/|| (Details of torture and SGBV; discussions related to later can be at #gender-based-violence-misogyny )
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Assassination plot in the UK reported by ITV, with plotters linked to officials ...
New attack against another Iran International journalist
https://news.sky.com/story/counter-terrorism-police-investigating-attack-on-iranian-journalist-in-london-13104279
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queen wolf
Iran still has domestic issues ongoing despite the #1228798424875270196 . And media censorship continues:
“Following the publication of materials aimed at disturbing the mental security of society and destabilizing the country’s economic environment after the successful and prideful operation of the country’s armed forces against the Zionist regime last night, the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office charged Jahan-e Sanat newspaper and an economic reporter with crimes.” (https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/economy/iran-grapples-with-public-anxiety-and-fiscal-crisis-tightens-censorship-in-wake-of-israel-attack/)
https://fararu.com/fa/news/725708
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“A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a rare public report of an exchange between the two countries believed to have secret military ties.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/north-korea-officials-visit-iran-rare-public-trip-2024-04-23/
Also #1191501377990566018
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https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/anews/iran-news-regimes-parliament-votes-to-str...
“The new SPND site is shown with a circle, to the south is the Hemmat site in the Khojir area the old location of Sorkheh Hesar at the Mojdeh site is also shown”
queen wolf
Lawyer for rapper Toomaj Salehi: Isfahan Revolutionary Court issues death penalty against the artist for mofsed-e-filarz (“spreading corruption on Earth”)
https://www.sharghdaily.com/بخش-سیاست-6/927965-دادگاه-انقلاب-اصفهان-توماج-صالحی-را-به-اعدام-محکوم-کرد-دادگاه-بدوی-حکم-دیوان-عالی-کشور-را-ارشادی-خواند-اجرایش-نکرد
queen wolf
“A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade i...
See #1191501377990566018
“North Korea and Iran have long been suspected of cooperating on ballistic missile programmes, possibly exchanging technical expertise and components that went into their manufacture.
[Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser] Kanaani denied such claims, saying that some media outlets had sought to make ‘biased speculations by publishing untrue and baseless news’.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-koreans-discuss-trade-rare-visit-iran-2024-04-29/
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summer iron
New update from Tasnim: https://x.com/Tasnimnews_EN/status/1792184829699588189
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“Some Iranian media reported that following the accident of Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter and his accompanying delegation, the government meeting was closed and a crisis headquarters was formed.”
https://iranintl.com/202405191871
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“A video of Ebrahim Raisi and her companions in the helicopter recorded hours before the accident”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uX8KOMIyPhk
crystal warren
Can someone explain why were they flying during foggy weather?
echo island
Looks like they had far better flying conditions at the border. Here is a video of the current weather at the supposed crash area; https://vxtwitter.com/Faytuks/status/1792210229222121627
pulsar spindle
What is the Iranian line of succession?
echo island
Vice president takes the post and new elections within 50 days
vivid ermine
New update from Tasnim: https://x.com/Tasnimnews_EN/status/1792184829699588189
Do we know which model that is?
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fallen pecan
Do we know which model that is?
in the photo is a mil mi-17, but other photos show him in a huey type (likely an augusta-bell 212, pre-79 purchase) which i believe is what he was flying on today
summer iron
Do we know which model that is?
Twitter replies suggested that photo was from 2022. Lots of disinformation passing off old photos for today’s, I would trust the @fallen pecan analysis above
vivid ermine
thx
fallen pecan
https://x.com/BNODesk/status/1792217939342409955 confirming it's a huey-type, probably the ab 212 (hard to confirm the exact type from this distance, where's gerjon when you need him)
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thorn willow
It's been a few hours... and we still don't know the president's condition?
lilac cloak
they just made some contact
Source:bbc news live
Also the heli’s a bell 212
bbc as well
fallen pecan
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10598889 should be this airframe
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oak lake
Executive Vice President:
🔻 Half an hour after traveling, the president's helicopter is disconnected from the other two helicopters
After this incident, two helicopters searched the area
Another promising point is that the location of the accident has been identified by the Ministry of Communications within a radius of two kilometers```<https://t.me/snntv/302649>"within a radius of two kilometers" can be pretty hard to find in mountainous terrain.
thorn willow
..so they communicated with the people there and we still don't know?
torn fox
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1792261138350018821 Fireworks being set off in Mashhad
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lilac cloak
..so they communicated with the people there and we still don't know?
they probably know
torn fox
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1792261138350018821 Fireworks being set off in M...
https://x.com/JTeimasi/status/1792276560541536300 Fireworks in Saqqez
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oak lake
Commander of the East Azerbaijan Army:
Minutes ago, a signal was received from the helicopter and the mobile phone of one of the crew at the accident site.```<https://t.me/snntv/302661>https://x.com/IntelCrab/status/1792281211735314847
https://x.com/IntelCrab/status/1792281215258521606
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seems the cell phone triangulation was either bs or not even remotely precise enough to find them
slow horizon
Now this is a bit interesting,
https://x.com/warwatchs/status/1792311453573169645?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
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kind pasture
Video from the drone https://fxtwitter.com/AACanli/status/1792328754502463578/en (loop)
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muted sleet
https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.7678,46.6925 quick conversion of those target coords to a Google Maps link
slow horizon
Turkish Drone is up over on ADSB Exchange
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slow horizon
Also, per Time and Date for those coordinates, sunrise just occurred at 5:06 AM local time. https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/@38.76780,46.69250
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oak lake
https://x.com/ragipsoylu/status/1792370315445883244
I deleted the unnecessary comment.
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Crash site reportedly found
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Multiple sources reporting the same thing
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summer iron
Photo from 2020 apparently: https://x.com/GhonchehAzad/status/1792391664402575782
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queen wolf
https://x.com/Nrg8000/status/1792386813107359944
First footage of crash
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100064678301070&story_fbid=851382380361031 (Iran International)
Terrain of crash site
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100064421004908&story_fbid=845841214239904 (Radio Farda)
snow lintel
Interesting that people on twitter are already blaming Israel for this, despite the pilot being Iranian and they flown in weather that was not suitable for flying in
No doubt this will increase tensions in the middle east of course
peak barn
Jep. Did someone survive?
wheat echo
Not sure - there is mention of apparently three bodies being recovered https://vxtwitter.com/fazelhawramy/status/1792407881804833160?s=46&t=LbhT7a8k6BPOqAMGyCYDaQ
peak barn
Not sure - there is mention of apparently three bodies being recovered https://v...
Thx
Checking the journo, now clear all dead https://twitter.com/FazelHawramy/status/1792412391604633849?t=mb6Q2x367g3MBoE5GZagPw&s=19
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wheat echo
wheat echo
Checking the journo, now clear all dead https://twitter.com/FazelHawramy/status/...
Looks like it
wheat echo
This was posted before news confirmation of president’s death - video goes over what might happen next in Iran’s politics https://youtu.be/Uw3qKsryTSk?si=Kd_HtivmFLCmCRkm
peak barn
Did you see the drone doodle 😱
crystal warren
https://www.twz.com/31962/i-almost-died-flying-into-a-mountain-near-kobes-crash-...
Was the accident due to incompetence? Or inevitable human error caused by typical changes in weather during flight?
Reading this article made me wonder if this was inevitable but fog in mountainous areas sounds like something too serious to be a “normal and inevitable part of flight”
fallen pecan
Was the accident due to incompetence? Or inevitable human error caused by typica...
With these kinds of conditions it's hard to pinpoint a single reason to blame
Spatial disorientation is a very big problem in piloting
The issue with Kobe's flight is the pilot should've changed from VFR to flying on instruments before entering the clouds
crystal warren
With these kinds of conditions it's hard to pinpoint a single reason to blame
S...
Still, hard to wrap my head around how they flew in such hazardous conditions with very important passengers.
I guess this depends on the nature of Fog itself. Does fog appear out of nowhere? Meaning it appears to fast for any change of flight path?
I mean you’d assume that before having important figures onboard, like the Iranian president. You’d double check the flight path and weather conditions beforehand and cancel if it doesn’t appear to be safe(?)
median stone
Background on Mokhber, who became interim president with Raisi's death https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-is-mohammad-mokhber-irans-interim-president-2024-05-20/
slow horizon
I mean you’d assume that before having important figures onboard, like the Irani...
See Smolensk air disaster, and the 1996 Croatia crash. Mission Fulfillment / Target Fixation is a serious issue in aviation.
median stone
See Smolensk air disaster, and the 1996 Croatia crash. Mission Fulfillment / Ta...
I wouldn't be surprised for another parallel with the Smolensk crash: heavy use of the accident as a conspiracy of involving state actors and using it for political gains
chrome quiver
Also martyring the victims
steady sage
I mean you’d assume that before having important figures onboard, like the Irani...
It's also possible that president or someone around the president told the pilot to fly anyways or that there is a history of ignoring safety when evaluating weather. Important people who are used to getting their way aren't always good at being told no.
stoic charm
The helicopter came from the before the coup and they may have had a hard time getting spare parts for it. Unsure if that could have played a factor.
finite barn
IS there any information on the purpose of this trip and why it couldn't be postponed due to the weather conditions ?
oak lake
IS there any information on the purpose of this trip and why it couldn't be post...
Yes, there was an official ceremony for the opening of a dam on the border with Azerbaijan. Both presidents were present. Also the weather there looks fine. #1152181897384960020 message
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twilit latch
https://x.com/JasonMBrodsky/status/1794797442426196006 https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/1794794353115775135
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queen wolf
Iran election boycotts recorded: https://english.mojahedin.org/news/live-report-irans-people-boycott-sham-elections-to-replace-dead-president-ebrahim-raisi/
slow horizon
The runoff election results for Iran’s presidential election are in.
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