#Political situation in Iran
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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.
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/
On the eve of the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa “Zhina” Amini at the hands of Iranian security forces, the United States is designating 25 Iranian individuals, three Iranian state-backed media outlets, and one Iranian internet research firm in connection with the Iranian regime’s violent suppression of nationwide protests following her...
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
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
Image of Mahsa Amini juxtaposed on a wall in Ahmedabad St., Mashhad
https://t.me/radiofarda/112033
🔸در عکسی که به رادیوفردا رسیده است دیده میشود که تصویر #مهسا_امینی بامداد ۲۵ شهریور مصادف با سالروز جان باختن او بر روی دیواری در خیابان احمدآباد مشهد نقش بسته است.
🔸مهسا (ژینا) امینی، دختر ۲۲ ساله اهل سقز، ۲۲ شهریور ۱۴۰۱ توسط مأموران گشت ارشاد در تهران بازداشت شد و سه روز بعد در بیمارستان جان باخت.
🔸کشته شدن او سرآغاز اعتراضات سراسری در ا...
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
ارسالی شما | حضور پررنگ نیروهای نظامی و امنیتی در میدان نارمک تهران در سالگرد کشتهشدن مهسا امینی
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
بنابر خبرها و گزارشهای منتشر شده، دستگاههای امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی در تلاش است تا با اقدامات مختلف برای برگزاری سالگرد کشته شدن مهسا امینی در سقز مانع ایجاد کند. بر همین اساس امجد امینی، پدر مهسا، صبح امروز پس از خروج از منزل برای ساعاتی توسط نیروهای امنیتی بازداشت و سپس به خانه بازگردانده شد.
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
🔸افسون نجفی، خواهر #حدیث_نجفی، در یک استوری اینستاگرام از بازداشت خانواده نجفی یک روز پیش از سالگرد جان باختن #مهسا_امینی خبر داد.
🔸در آستانۀ سالگرد جانباختن مهسا امینی نیروهای حکومتی با بازداشت گسترده معترضین و خانوادههای جانباختگان اعتراضات سال گذشته بر اعمال فشار افزودهاند.
🔸حدیث نجفی، یکی از معترضان اعتراضات #زن_زندگی_آزادی بود که ۳۰ ش...
Report from Hengaw:
https://hengaw.net/en/news/2023/09/arbitrary-detention-of-amjad-amini-father-of-jina-amini-by-irgc-forces-in-saqqez
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
🔸در سالروز جان باختن #مهسا_امینی در پی بازداشت نیروهای گشت ارشاد، ویدئوهایی از #تهران منتشر شده که نشانگر جو شدید امنیتی در پایتخت است.
🔸در برخی ویدئوها حضور انبوه نیروهای حکومتی را در برخی میدانهای شهر میتوان مشاهده کرد.
🔸همچنین برخی شهروندان گزارش دادهاند که این نیروها اجازه تجمع حضور همزمان چند نفر را نمیدهند و به سرعت اقدام به متفر...
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
🔸بر اساس ویدئوهای منتشر شده در شبکههای اجتماعی شنبه ۲۵ شهریور ۱۴۰۲ نیروهای حکومتی در خیابانهای شهر #رشت حضور دارند.
🔸در آستانۀ سالگرد جانباختن #مهسا_امینی نیروهای حکومتی در شهرهای مختلف استقرار یافتهاند و ماموران با بازداشت گسترده معترضین و خانوادههای جانباختگان اعتراضات سال گذشته بر اعمال فشار افزودهاند.
🔸این ویدئو صدا ندارد
@RadioFar...
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
🔸ویدئویی در شبکههای اجتماعی منتشر شده که یورش ماموران حکومتی موتورسوار به سمت چند معترض را در لاهیجان نشان میدهد.
🔸رادیوفردا نمیتواند زمان و مکان این ویدئو را تایید کند.
🔸تجمعهای اعتراضی در نخستین سالگرد جانباختن #مهسا_امینی در بازداشت گشت ارشاد و شروع اعتراضات #زن_زندگی_آزادی در چند شهر ایران تشکیل شده است.
@RadioFarda
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
September 15—Zahedan, southeast #Iran
Protesters chanting, "From Zahedan to Tehran, my life for Iran!" marking the first anniversary of the 2022 nationwide uprising.
#IranProtests
Compilation by MEK, of strikes
https://youtu.be/gMN2M2HJMBU
September 16 marks the first anniversary of Iran’s 2022 nationwide uprising, which began after the regime’s security forces murdered Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman. People are holding protest rallies and strikes despite severe security measures by the regime.
Shop owners in more than a dozen cities held a general strike to mark the anniversary...
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||
Aida Shakarami, sister of Nika, on the arrests of visitors to Nika’s grave: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYxsaTJDFr/
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از هفته گذشته، جو امنیتی، تمام منطقه حیات الغیب را فرا گرفته است.
تا الان، تعدادی از هموطنان که قصد شرکت در مراسم سالگرد نیکا
را داشتند، احضار، بازداشت و تهدید شدهاند
که حق شرکت در این مراسم را ندارند.
همچنین، افرادی به صورت ناشناس ما را تهدید کرده اند
که اگر بر مزار جگرگوشه مان حضور پیدا کنیم مادرم دستگیر خواهد شد و به او گفته اند بهتر است...
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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
بازداشت معلم مشهدی #مهدی_شیبانی معلم ابوالفضل آدینه زاده
خانواده جانباخته قیام ژینا ابوالفضل آدینه زاده در حساب های شبکه مجازی خود اعلام کردند که آقای مهدی شیبانی معلم ابوالفضل آدینه زاده به جهت گرفتن جشن تولد و حضور در مراسم سالگرد ابوالفضل بازداشت شده است
#ما_خاموش_شدنی_نیستیم
#زن_زندگی_آزادی
🔹🔹🔹
شورای هماهنگی تشکلهای صنفی فرهنگیان ...
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/
International Community Should Call for an End to Gender Apartheid in Iran September 20, 2023 – On the anniversary week of the eruption of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, sparked by the killing in state custody of a young women just three days after she was arrested for alleged inappropriate hijab, the Iranian parliament passed a bill th...
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
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/
#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
🔸#نوید_میهندوست، کارگردان سینما و تلویزیون که در #زندان_اوین محبوس است، با انتشار نامهای از مرگ یک زندانی در اندرزگاه ۴ این زندان بر اثر تأخیر در رسیدگی درمانی و اعزام به بیمارستان خبر داده است.
🔸او در این نامه نوشته که زندانی جانباخته که «شصت و چند ساله» بود، به دلیل «اختلاف حسابی کلان با شخصی حکومتی» به زندان افتاده بود و بر اثر «عوارض خو...
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/||
Bahador Hadizadeh, the artist behind the animation "Breeze of Freedom," of Tehran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower, has been detained since September 18. He is currently held in Evin Prison's Ward 209, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Intelligence.
#بهادر_هادیزاده
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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
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هر نقابی عُمری دارد، دلخوش به پنهان بودن اسرار جنایاتتان نباشید، آرام نخوابید که صبح نزدیک است و نور مرگِ شماست.
#آبان۹۸
#پرواز۷۵۲
مسابقهی دوی نیمه ماراتونِ #شیراز
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🔸صفحات رسمی منتسب به #توماج_صالحی، خواننده معترض زندانی، در شبکههای اجتماعی اینستاگرام و ایکس، نامهای از او منتشر کردهاند که خطاب به وکلایش، امیر رئیسیان و رزا اعتماد انصاری، نوشته است.
🔸او در این نامه نوشته به دلایلی که «منشأ شخصی ندارد»، خانم اعتماد انصاری را از وکالت عزل میکند. این تصمیم پس از آن اتخاذ شد که رزا اعتماد انصاری در گفتو...
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.
طبق اخباری که بدستم رسیده یک دختر دبیرستانی را امشب به بیمارستان فجر نیرو هوایی بردن که همراه با دوستانش در مترو مقنعه نداشته و مامورها به اونها گیر میدن و دختر را هُل میدهند و سرش به آهنی برخورد میکند و بیهوش میشود.
فعلا گویا اجازه نمیدهند کسی در بیمارستان به او نزدیک شود.
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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/
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
بجای حاشیه سازی برای دخترمان دعا کنید
پدر و مادر دختر نوجوانی که روز یکشنبه در مترو تهران بیهوش شد در گفت و گو با ایرنا تاکید کردند حاشیه سازان بجای حاشیهسازی برای دخترمان دعا کنند.
Translation from https://women.ncr-iran.org/2023/10/03/armita-geravand/
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/
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)
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
Niloufar Hamedi Gets Seven Years Behind Bars and Elahe Mohammadi Six Years Iranian Government Moves to Crush “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement On All Fronts October 23, 2023 — The sentencing of two women journalists in Iran, Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who have been detained in Iran for over a year, to long prison sentences for reporting ...
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
Political prisoner Fatemeh Sepehri was re-arrested by security forces and returned to Vakilabad prison while she was still on medical furlough for three days.
#Iran #Mashhad #FatemehSepehri
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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
آرمیتا گراوند، دختر نوجوان ۱۶ ساله صبح روز نهم مهر هنگام حرکت به سمت مدرسه، در ایستگاه مترو میدان شهدای تهران، به دلیل نپوشیدن مقنعه و رعایت نکردن حجاب اجباری حکومتی، در داخل واگن، از سوی یک نیروی «آمر به معروف» هل داده شد و سرش به لبه در خروجی قطار برخورد کرد و پس از بیهوشی به کما رفت.
Expect another Mahsa Amini moment…. 🕯️
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/||
"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)
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/
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)
ویدیوهای رسیده به ایران اینترنشنال نشان میدهد روز یکشنبه هفتم آبانماه و در مراسم تشییع پیکر آرمیتا گراوند در بهشتزهرای تهران، مردم نام او را فریاد میزنند
"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
ههنگاو به معلوماتی دست یافته که نشان میدهد شخصی به نام سعید گرواند، سرهنگ نیروی انتظامی در تهران که شوهرخالە #آرمیتا_گراوند و پسرعموی پدرش بوده، نقش اساسی را در سانسور خبری مدت گذشته دوره بستری آرمیتا داشته و عامل توقیف تلفنهای همراه شماری از اعضای خانواده و کنترل مداوم بستگان در شبکههای مجازی بوده به نحوی که آنها را به بازداشت نیز تهدید کرد...
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
Burial of Armita Garavand: ||https://t.me/IranintlTV/199546||
(Nothing sensitive, but may be upsetting to some audiences)
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.
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
ویدیوهای رسیده به ایران اینترنشنال حاکی است روز یکشنبه هفتم آبانماه اطراف مسجد جابری تهران، محل مراسم ختم آرمیتا گراوند، جو شدید امنیتی حاکم است
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
بر اساس آنچه منابع موثق نزدیک به خانواده #آرمیتا_گراوند به ههنگاو اعلام کردهاند، سطح کنترل امنیتی مراسم خاکسپاری آرمیتا گراوند در حدی بوده که افراد حاضر در تالار پذیرایی نیز، از اعضای سازماندهیشده نهادهای امنیتی جمهوری اسلامی بودهاند.
این منابع تاکید کردند که به دلیل حضور پرشمار لباس شخصیها، بسیاری از شرکتکنندگان به ویژه بستگان آرمیتا در ...
thanks for nothing 😤
Strong security presence in Valiasr St., Tehran, where major protests were held before
https://t.me/IranintlTV/199604
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
مراسم خاکسپاری آرمیتا گراوند، نوجوان جان باخته در مترو تهران، در یک «فضای امنیتی» برگزار شد. شاهدان در مراسم به بیبیسی فارسی گفتند که تعدادی از شرکت کنندگان از جمله نسرین ستوده، وکیل و فعال مدنی سرشناس مورد «ضرب شتم» قرار گرفتند و بازداشت شدند. شب گذشته در برخی از مناطق تهران شعارهای شبانه از سر گرفته شد.
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
The regime must have managed to control protests-- these are restricted to shouts from homes, like in Tehran: https://t.me/IranintlTV/199670
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
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
From #middle_east-north_africa message
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/29/iran-child-hamidreza-azari-execution-un-human-rights-milad-zohrevand
Summary of the latest executions in Iran: https://iranhumanrights.org/2023/12/urgent-international-action-needed-against-escalating-political-executions-in-iran/
One Child, and at Least Six Political Prisoners Hanged This Week December 1, 2023 – The surging executions of political prisoners in Iran are part of a state campaign deployed to crush dissent, and should be met with strong action by the international community, said the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). A child was among those hanged this...
it is truly horrific 💔
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
The Council imposed restrictive measures against 6 persons and 5 entities involved in Iran's unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) programme.
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/
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 […]
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
You might be seeing a lot of videos like this, it’s Iranian people dancing on this song, they are not dancing for fun.
With this dance, they are resisting and standing against the Islamic regime in Iran, where any …
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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/
https://vxtwitter.com/HananyaNaftali/status/1736850661185053119 xpost #israel-palestine
BREAKING: Massive explosion at Iran's aviation and space force headquarters in Tehran.
These headquarters supply missiles and UAVs to regime proxies in the region.
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https://vxtwitter.com/shashj/status/1736272818092773796 xpost #1164712839206936688
Our piece on the Red Sea crisis, after four of the world’s five largest container-shipping companies pulled out. "The danger now is that Iran does not have perfect control over Houthi attacks & the strikes are dragging in a far wider range of countries."
https://www.economist.com/international/2023/12/16/a-new-suez-crisi…
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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.
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/
VICE News gains exclusive access inside Iran, to find out what's happened in the country since Mahsa Amini's death. Since Iranian women led a nationwide uprising, Iran's security forces have cracked down with brute force. Isobel Yeung meets those brave enough to speak out and meets the authorities in charge.
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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
https://vxtwitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1739272564415861160 xpost to UAE #middle_east-north_africa
“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
“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.”
Detained dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi in Iran has received a new one-year prison sentence on the baseless charge of "propaganda against the state." This punishment comes as retribution for his efforts to inform the public about the torture and mistreatment he endured while in detention.
Salehi had previously spent over a year in Iranian custo...
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.
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)
رسانههای حکومتی در ایران روز چهارشنبه، ۱۳ دیماه، از وقوع دستکم دو انفجار در مراسم سالگرد قاسم سلیمانی، فرمانده سابق سپاه قدس، در شهر کرمان خبر میدهند.
At least 103 people have died and more than 170 others were injured in two explosions set off during commemorations of the fourth anniversary of the death of Qasem Soleimani, a former commander of the elite Quds Force killed in January 2020 in an air strike by U.S. forces near Baghdad.
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
علیرضا سعادت ماهانی، یکی از دو «امدادگر هلالاحمر» که امروز در #کرمان کشته شد.
【QRT of +۱۵۰۰تصویر (@1500tasvir):】
'اینستاگرام و استوریهای یکی از کشتهشدههای امروز در کرمان.
اینا هموطن ما نیستن، دشمن خونی و قاتل عزیزترینهای ما هستن. https://t.co/sBrkp89NME'
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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.
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
I'm illiterate on Instagram. Can't even find my DMs. Thanks for the insight 
Oh I see, I also find difficulties in accessing Instagram posts, especially when and that I don’t log in.
Update: death toll down to 95
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-deadly-blasts-near-grave-of-slain-qassem-soleimani/a-67882464
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)
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
Apparently they are not fans of Suleimani and Iran
Yes IS also claimed responsibility for the attacks in Tehran in 2017. IRGC’s involvement in the war against the group as well.
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
“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
Originally in #middle_east-north_africa
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202401053844
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.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – 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.
Contradictory assessment: https://vxtwitter.com/ajaltamimi/status/1744670219765690831
(Posted in #middle_east-north_africa )
This thread’s claims about aspects of the IS attack on Iran somehow being unusual are off the mark. Time lags in claiming responsibility, the blurring or masking of perpetrators in the photos, and referring to Iran as Iran are not out of character for IS claims at all.
【QRT of Sina Toossi سینا طوسی (@SinaToossi):】
'[THREAD] Ir…
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“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
The other way around happens to Narges Mohammadi, being sentenced to 12 years in prison.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67986227
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
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)
Remark from left-wing opposition NCRI: https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/iran-election/why-khamenei-eliminated-hassan-rouhani-from-upcoming-iranian-elections/
London-based Manoto TV ends broadcasting on 31 January 2024; managers cite financial issues
https://www.facebook.com/share/oPpHWCKDQRCJXLeS/ (VOA Farsi)
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/
Iran is a very poor performer (“F”) under the VACI, on par with Russia and Argentina. Although the Iranian diet has a low proportion of animal products, the country has a high dependence on farmed animal production and a lack of meaningful animal protection legislation. Want to compare Iran’s 2020 VACI performance? Download the 2017 …
Poor thing animal welfare indices are not updated yearly
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
مجاهدین خلق در پی جایگزین کردن دیکتاتوری دینی ایران با یک دولت دموکراتیک و کثرتگرا، مبتی بر جدایی دین از دولت هستند که به آزادیهای فردی و تساوی زن و مرد احترام میگذارد. مریم رجوی رئیس جمهور منتخب شورای ملی مقاومت ایران با اعلام یک برنامه 10 ماده یی چشم اندازی واضحی برای مرحله گذار از رژیم ایران به یک حکومت مردمی را تعیین کرده است. تلگرام ما: ...
I don’t know what’s the best way to compile these though
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/
This might do
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/latest-news-in-brief/iran-news-in-brief-march-1-2024/
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/
“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
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 )
New attack against another Iran International journalist
https://news.sky.com/story/counter-terrorism-police-investigating-attack-on-iranian-journalist-in-london-13104279
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
“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
https://www.ncr-iran.org/en/news/anews/iran-news-regimes-parliament-votes-to-strengthen-and-expand-spnd-comlex/
Original article: https://www.asriran.com/fa/news/960366
مجلس به کلیات طرح تقویت تشکیل سپند (سازمان پژوهش و نوآوری دفاعی) وزارت دفاع رای موافق داد.
“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”
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
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/
New update from Tasnim: https://x.com/Tasnimnews_EN/status/1792184829699588189
“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
BREAKING — Iran Students News Agency (ISNA) say that "some unofficial sources report the martyrdom of some of the Iranian president's companions” in the crash site.
According to Isna's report, "Official sources have not made any specific comments on this matter so far."
UPDATE - First images of #Iran president's helicopter's area of crash landing, weather conditions unfavourable for flying, search and rescue efforts underway.
【QRT of Nagorno Karabakh Observer (@NKobserver):】
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Report on the search area, deeply embedded in fog.
“A video of Ebrahim Raisi and her companions in the helicopter recorded hours before the accident”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uX8KOMIyPhk
ویدئویی از ابراهیم رئیسی و همراهان او در بالگردی که دچار سانحه شد.
بخش فارسی صدای آمریکا، بازتابدهنده اخبار و سیاستهای آمریکا و رویدادهای ایران و جهان به زبان فارسی است.
شهرت جهانی صدای آمریکا به عنوان یک منبع اطلاعات و خبر قابل اعتماد از سال ۱۹۴۲ آغاز شد. دقت، جامعیت، عینیت، واقع بینی و بیطرفی در اخبار و گزارشها، انتظار شنوندگان و بینند...
Can someone explain why were they flying during foggy weather?
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
Weather conditions in the area where Iran's president Raisi's helicopter went down.
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What is the Iranian line of succession?
Vice president takes the post and new elections within 50 days
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
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
thx
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)
It's been a few hours... and we still don't know the president's condition?
they just made some contact
Source:bbc news live
Also the heli’s a bell 212
bbc as well
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10598889 should be this airframe
New paint scheme for Iran Government Helicopters.. 6-9221. Bell 412. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 6 million screened photos online!
“Two passengers have made contact with the rescue team. The location of the crash is located within a two-kilometre radius”, said Mohsen Mansouri, Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs on state TV. He …
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NEW: The helicopter of the Raisi and his delegation has not been found yet
The Red Crescent announced in a statement: The news published about the finding of Raisi's helicopter and his companions is not true.
Efforts to find the crashed helicopter have so far been unsuccessful
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.
..so they communicated with the people there and we still don't know?
https://x.com/ManotoNews/status/1792261138350018821 Fireworks being set off in Mashhad
they probably know
https://x.com/JTeimasi/status/1792276560541536300 Fireworks in Saqqez
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
seems the cell phone triangulation was either bs or not even remotely precise enough to find them
Now this is a bit interesting,
https://x.com/warwatchs/status/1792311453573169645?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
Video from the drone https://fxtwitter.com/AACanli/status/1792328754502463578/en (loop)
https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.7678,46.6925 quick conversion of those target coords to a Google Maps link
Turkish Drone is up over on ADSB Exchange
ADS-B Exchange - track aircraft live - aircraft flight history
Search-and-Rescue Teams have arrived at the Location of the Heat Signature which was Detected earlier by the Turkish Drone; it’s currently Unknown what has been Found.
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
NEW: Fars News Agency says the rescue teams so far have not found any traces of the wreckage of the crashed helicopter of Ibrahim Raisi at the coordinates announced by the Turkish drone.
I deleted the unnecessary comment.
Conflicting reports: Fars news first says there was no trace of Raisi helicopter at the coordinates given by Turkish drone and then broadcasts a reporter footage who says there is no information yet from the coordinates
BREAKING — The location of the Iranian President Raisi’s helicopter was found. The rescue forces are approaching the crash site — IRNA
Crash site reportedly found
#BREAKING The crash site was finally located and rescue units are moving toward the location, Iran’s state-run outlets report.
Multiple sources reporting the same thing
Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported that location of Iran’s President's helicopter has been found and rescue teams are now approaching the scene.
Meanwhile, the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim just reported that the “remains” of the helicopter has been found.
"the remains"
BREAKING — The head of the Red Crescent confirms that Raisi’s helicopter has been found — Tasnim
“The situation is not good. We have found the helicopter and we are two kilometres away”, head of Iran's Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Koulivand said on state TV.
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Photo from 2020 apparently: https://x.com/GhonchehAzad/status/1792391664402575782
Geolocation of the wreckage in initial photos from the helicopter crash that likely killed Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi.
38.718959, 46.654892
https://t.co/sKSggjCw9E
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)
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
Jep. Did someone survive?
Not sure - there is mention of apparently three bodies being recovered https://vxtwitter.com/fazelhawramy/status/1792407881804833160?s=46&t=LbhT7a8k6BPOqAMGyCYDaQ
Thx
Checking the journo, now clear all dead https://twitter.com/FazelHawramy/status/1792412391604633849?t=mb6Q2x367g3MBoE5GZagPw&s=19
Looks like it
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
Several countries including Turkey and Russia are offering to help find a helicopter carrying Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi after it went down on Sunday. Search teams are scouring a fog-covered mountain near the country's border with Azerbaijan. Officials say Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter was forced to make a 'hard landing' in the area but offered...
Did you see the drone doodle 😱
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”
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
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(?)
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/
See Smolensk air disaster, and the 1996 Croatia crash. Mission Fulfillment / Target Fixation is a serious issue in aviation.
On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria; the former president of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski; the chief of the Polish General Staff and o...
On 3 April 1996, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A (Flight IFO-21) crashed on approach to Dubrovnik, Croatia, while on an official trade mission. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-200 originally built as T-43A navigational trainer and later converted into a CT-43A executive transport aircraft, was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron...
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
Also martyring the victims
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.
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.
IS there any information on the purpose of this trip and why it couldn't be postponed due to the weather conditions ?
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
The U.S. State Department says Washington was asked for assistance by the Iranian government, but was unable to provide it for logistical reasons.
https://x.com/JasonMBrodsky/status/1794797442426196006 https://x.com/IranIntl_En/status/1794794353115775135
Unusual set-up, if true. Throughout the Islamic Republic's history it's always been the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the SNSC in #Iran which has managed the nuclear negotiations. This would be a first for Khamenei to depend on one of his advisors who is not on the SNSC on the
Iran election boycotts recorded: https://english.mojahedin.org/news/live-report-irans-people-boycott-sham-elections-to-replace-dead-president-ebrahim-raisi/
The runoff election results for Iran’s presidential election are in.
While Afghans have long been denied basic human rights in #Iran and have lived in fear of deportation, recent campaigns by certain movements seek to make their conditions even more challenging.
https://t.co/RF3ivdxF5U #factchecking