Bodies of slain General #Solemani & comrades arrive in #Ahwaz, Iran. A mammoth funeral procession has kicked off. Images of hundreds of thousands mourners packing the streets, bridge & square, is colossal.
.3/ This is only in #Ahwaz, southwest of #Iran & the first leg of #Solaimani’s funeral procession. I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like once they arrive to the capital #Tehran.
.4/ Even in his death #Soleimani’s popularity drew far more in numbers than @realDonaldTrump managed alive during his inauguration.
Close up, clearer scenes from #Soleimani’s funeral cortège in #Ahwaz (#Ahvaz) city.
.6/ In #MashHad meanwhile, a sea of humans poured into the streets to honour #Soleimani & his comrades funeral cortège. #Iran
.7/ In what is turning out to be the largest ever funeral in the history of #Iran, probably since that of #AyatollahKhomeini, #Soleimani’s funeral cortège, now on its second leg of the journey, will also head to #Tehran, then #Qom & finally 2 his resting place & hometown #Kerman.
.8/ SIGNIFICANT: #Iran pulls out of the nuclear deal, in effect ending its remaining commitments to the 2015 agreement, & in doing so delivering
the second blow to the #US today, following #Iraq ’s vote to ask #US forces to leave #Iraq.
.9/ Apparently not & these tweets further explain it...
Though it’s all but dead, #Iran has not pulled out of the nuclear deal.
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Let’s talk about who’s actually destabilizing the Middle East.
A thread on hypocrisy, shredded treaties, & why Iran is not the one threatening global war.
(Bookmark this before someone pretends the JCPOA never existed.)
2. Trump didn’t just tear up the Iran nuclear deal—he lit the match, walked away, & then blamed Iran for the fire. The 2015 JCPOA was working. Iran was in compliance.
The U.S. walked. End of story.
3. Then came “maximum pressure.”
Sanctions. Sabotage. Assassinations (Soleimani). Military threats of obliteration.
Imagine doing all that, then saying Iran is the aggressive one.
Brookings called it what it was: brookings.edu/articles/maxim…
🧵THREAD: 🧵A visual summary of U.S. empire in action—followed by the details. Let’s break it down.
A Not-So-Short History of U.S. Empire
Since 1776, the United States has:
•Intervened in 100+ countries
•Toppled dozens of governments
•Waged endless wars
•Built over 750 military bases worldwide
Let’s break that down.
Military Interventions:
The U.S. has used military force in over 100 countries—from full-scale invasions to covert operations, drone strikes, and proxy wars.
No continent has been untouched.
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🥀TRANSLATED from Syria:
“Today, I have become an orphan.
“I am the one who fought against the regime, the one who shed tears and offered prayers for every martyr lost in the wars of hypocrisy.
“I am the one who could not sleep for days because lives were taken in my town.
“We are a family that never believed in killing, never believed in violence. We always saw everyone as our brothers—this is how we were raised.
“My mother taught us that humanity is indivisible and that everyone in our homeland is family. My mother, who refused to let her children become fuel for war, sent them across the world so they would not have to fight their own people.
“My brothers—my kind-hearted brothers—everyone can vouch for that.
“My brothers never carried weapons, not even once. They believed in love and peace; they were kind to all.
“Today, I am an orphan. They were all slaughtered in their home because they refused to leave. They believed that those entering their house were their own countrymen—people who wouldn’t harm them.
“How treacherous faith can be… How immense is this pain that will consume me for the rest of my life.
“My mother and brothers were slaughtered unjustly… and their bodies still lie in the house. I cannot go to them, I cannot mourn them there, I cannot even bury them.
“May God curse us all. May God curse this land.”
🥀2- The words of Hasan Harfoush translated following the massacre of his entire family
“What God decreed has happened, and His will was done. May God have mercy on you, my dearest ones.
“May God have mercy on you, my father, my backbone and support.
“May God have mercy on you, my brother. I couldn’t get you out of this country—please forgive me, my dearest one.
“May God have mercy on your soul, my mother. You have burned my heart and broken my back.
“May God have mercy on you, Rola, my kindhearted one. I’m sorry, my sister. I thought we were safer here than in Latakia—please forgive me.
“Forgive me, Karam and Jad—I couldn’t be by your side to protect you.
“Forgive me, Mahmoud—I couldn’t find anyone to help save you.
“Ah, my heart burns for you all… Blessed are you, for you have attained martyrdom, my dearest ones.”
🥀3- Ghassan Rabib & his wife Faten, Alawites murdered.
Their daughter is now orphaned.
⚠️BREAKING: ⚠️
Hezbollah’s General Secretary, Sheikh Naim Qassam announced that, contrary to reports, neither Lebanon’s President, nor its Speaker of Parliament or caretaker Prime Minister have agreed to Israel’s extension of its occupation of South Lebanon until next month.
"Israel" must withdraw & we will not accept any justification for extending the sixty-day period.”
⚠️ “We are certain that His Excellency President Joseph Aoun cannot give “Israel” a single gain, as he is the one who gave instructions to the army to stand by the people in their advance south.”
⚠️ “Any consequences arising from the delay in withdrawal are the responsibility of the United Nations, the United States, France, & "Israel,” he said.
🔴UPDATE:🔴
🥀11 people murdered in Israel’s latest atrocious attack in the heart of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Beirut for Tel Aviv - an eye for an eye, as Hezbollah’s leader Sheik Naim Qassem declared a few days ago.
“When the capital is under the blows of the Zionist enemy, the response must be in the midst of "Tel Aviv".”
Expect a retaliation.
🥀 TOLL UPDATE 🥀
Bodies are still being recovered.
The civil defence just dug out two more martyres, raising the toll to 13 Lebanese civilians murdered by the cowardice terrorist entity.
🚨URGENT🚨 Israel just carried out three huge attacks in the heart of the capital Beirut.
🚨 Unable to tell where or what they hit aside from it being too close for comfort.
🚨The roar of a warplane could be heard in the sky after the attack. There was no advance warning to this, which suggests it is one of Israel’s so called “targeted attacks.”