Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

THREAD

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Fact: The Chinese Communist Party is a threat to our world.

The regime in #Iran is allowing Chinese fishing companies use highly destructive "bottom trawling" techniques in Iran's southern waters, devastating the local fishing industry.

#China

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This courageous Baloch fisherman from southeast Iran saved a whale from a trawling net. The whale happened to be of an endangered species.

Listen to how he bravely criticizes the Chinese & Iran’s regime about bottom trawling & the plundering of his country.

All live on air.

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Fishermen in SE Iran:
-These ships are “vacuuming” all the fish, local fishermen are out of work
-Chinese ships are allowed to fish but authorities have banned locals
-Chinese ships are destroying marine life here
-The [Chinese] are destroying the reefs

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Let's take a look at “bottom trawling,” the tactic used by Chinese fishing companies & permitted by the mullahs' regime in Iran's southern waters.

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Describing the dangers of “bottom trawling” for sensitive seafloor habitat.

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How trawls turn ancient sea habitats into wasteland… similar to clear-cutting rainforest.

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Iran’s regime is allowing Chinese fishing companies destroy Iranian waters, possibly in less than a decade…

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And pulling up tons of fish…
(Video speed accelerated)

Iran's regime stands accused by the Iranian people of selling off their southern waters to please the Chinese government and maintain political support from Beijing.

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Konarak, southeast Iran

Chinese fishing companies also use "electric shock" techniques & are destroying marine life in Iran's southern waters.

All with the regime's consent, of course.

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Watch how Tehran is allowing the Chinese to plunder Iran’s southern waters of its fish, in return for Beijing's political support.

(Video lacks sound)

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The Iranian people are furious over the regime selling out
- the Caspian Sea in the north
-Iran’s southern waters to Chinese fishing companies
-the Chabahar port to India

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This is the result of Tehran authorizing Chinese fishing companies to literally plunder Iran's southern waters in return for Beijing's political support.

Knowing they're in their last stretch, the mullahs' regime is robbing this country of all its wealth...

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Zahedan, southeast Iran

While countries across the globe have banned the entrance of Chinese citizens in order to contain Covid-19, the mullahs' regime in Iran is allowing them in & Iran's Mahan Air planes fly to & from China.

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Feb 29 - Asaluyeh, southern Iran

The Chinese returning to Iran.

Asaluyeh is a major energy hub in Iran & it is quite obvious that regime officials are more concerned about energy revenues than addressing the coronavirus outbreak.

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Isfahan, central Iran

Footage of Chinese men working in Iran when unemployment is skyrocketing across the country & over two thirds of the population is already living in poverty, according to regime officials.

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The threat of the Chinese Communist Party in Iran is quite real.

"... China benefits the privilege of exploiting southern Iranian cities and islands such as Chabahar, Kish, and Qeshm for 25 years."
irannewsupdate.com/36-economy/725…

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For those interested, this thread digs into the details of a 25-year deal under review between Iran and China.

https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1281232537357111302?s=20

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Iranians are in many ways expressing their hatred of the regime following the treasonous Iran-China deal.

One is by sharing this photoshopped Chinese version of Iran's dictator Ali @Khamenei_ir.

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A picture speaks a thousand words...

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As always, thank you for reading this thread.

I welcome any and all constructive feedback.

Best!