THREAD

1)
Today is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
#Iran has a population of 84 million.

Two thirds live in poverty.
Over half are in absolute poverty.
20 million live in slums.

#EndPoverty
2)
Remember how Obama/Biden allowed #Iran access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?

Much of that money fueled terrorism.

Not a dime was spent on the people; many are literally seen searching in trash for something to sell or even eat.

#EndPoverty
3)
#Iran has the world's 2nd largest natural gas & 4th largest crude oil reserves.

Obama/Biden provided this regime access to $150 billion in credit & $1.8 billion in unmarked cash.

And yet there is a shortage in cooking gas.

#EndPoverty
4)
Welcome to #Iran under the mullahs' regime, where

-two thirds of the 84 million population live in poverty
-over 20 million live in slums
-over 7 million child laborers can't go to school

And yet officials & regime insiders live lives of absolute luxury...

#EndPoverty
5)
60 million Iranians live in absolute poverty

Yet the regime funds:

Assad—$15 bn/yr
Hezbollah—$700 mill/yr
Houthis—at least $360 mill/yr
Hamas—$360 mill/yr
Iraqi militias—$150 mill/yr

Children looking in trash for anything to eat or drink

#EndPoverty
6)
#Iran's genocidal regime executed a young man for stealing.

The mullahs ruin the Iranian people's lives, force them into poverty, leave them no choice but resorting to robbery, and then execute them for petty crimes.

#EndPoverty
7)
Imagine living in a country with the world's second largest natural gas & fourth largest crude oil reserves, and yet nearly 75% live in poverty.

Thousands of children in #Iran are collecting trash to sell & help their families make ends meet.

#EndPoverty
8)
Imagine living in a country where people are so poor you see many writing their telephone numbers & blood types offering to sell a kidney.

Welcome to #Iran under the mullahs' regime.

#EndPoverty
9)
If anyone ever says, “Iran is sanctioned by the U.S.,” ask them why does this regime provide billions to dictators and terrorists?

Assad—$15 billion/year
Hezbollah—$700 million/year
Houthis—at least $360 million/year
Hamas—$360 million/year
Iraqi militias—$150 million/year
10)
Some may say US sanctions deprive Iran of humanitarian goods & medicine.

Note: The chief of staff of Iran's president said one billion euros ($1.12 billion) in hard currency allocated for importing medicines & essential goods simply “disappeared.”
en.radiofarda.com/a/one-billion-…
11)
Those who make such claims are members of #Iran’s network of apologists/lobbyists.

Here are just a few examples.
12)
#Iran’s regime is corrupt to the bone.

Iranian MP Ezzatollah Yousefian Molla revealed the “disappearance” of $9 billion in hard currency amid the economic crisis facing Iran with the collapse of the riyal against the US currency.
english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle…
13)
#Iran has spent between $20 billion & $30 billion in Syria to prop up the Assad regime, a lawmaker told the semi-official Etemad newspaper, in a rare estimate by a regime insider.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
14)
Regime priorities:

Iran's Deputy Minister of Industry, Mines & Trade Hamid Zadboom called the reconstruction of countries such as Syria a "religious duty," adding that "Iranian building materials needed to renovate the war-torn country are underway."
en.radiofarda.com/a/iranian-depu…
15)
#Iran does have money, but not for the people

Obama/Biden provided the regime access to $150 bn in credit & $1.8 bn in cash?

The money fueled global terrorism

Not a dime was spent on the people; over 60 million live in poverty & many search in the trash...

#EndPoverty

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This thread provides details while mainstream media is helping the regime in Tehran keep a lid on this extremely sensitive & damaging topic.
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Listen to this Iranian MP explain how Obama/Biden’s team gave them all they asked for.
2)
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Director, Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

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16 Oct
THREAD

1)
Iranian opposition NCRI unveils new nuclear bomb-making site near Tehran. #Iran's regime has kept this area site a secret from the international community.

Obama/Biden's JCPOA did not block Tehran's path to nuclear weapons.

#Nuclear
pscp.tv/NCRIUS/1OyJAgD…
2)
The new Sorkhe-Hesar site is located east of Tehran.

South of this site is the Khojir missile site where #Iran's ballistic missile program is based.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (man on the left with a white shirt) is the main individual behind Iran's #nuclear weapons drive.
3)
Top images: General map of Tehran where the new Sorkhe-Hesar site is marked in circle.

Bottom images: May 2012 early stages of the construction of the site.

#Iran
#Nuclear
Read 10 tweets
15 Oct
THREAD

1)
Online conference weighs in on the threat of #Iran supporting global terrorism that continues to dangerously undermine global security.

#ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists
#DisbandIRGC
twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
2)
@STRUANSTEVENSON
For the past four decades, the mullahs have left nothing but death in their wake. This theocratic fascist dictatorship has wrecked #Iran’s economy and turned this once-great nation into an int'l pariah.
#ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists
pscp.tv/w/1YpKkNZmzXBx…
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Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers, MP
#Iran & its IRGC are a threat in many places around the world. It is shocking that the UN arms embargo on Iran is due to expire in just a few days.
#DisbandIRGC
#ExpelIranDiplomatTerrorists
pscp.tv/iran_policy/1Y…
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15 Oct
THREAD

1)
The Obama/Biden admin was in bed with #Iran’s regime & its lobby group @NIACouncil, based on released emails.

“I have chatted with NIAC folks over the years”
“we do have a relationship with NIAC”

NIAC sought admin’s advice on paying President Clinton for a speech.
2)
NIAC is a lobby group in the U.S. pushing Iran’s talking points.

Listen to this Iranian regime insider explain that NIAC was established by @JZarif, the foreign minister of Iran's regime.
3)
@tparsi is the official founder of NIAC in the U.S.

Listen to how he parrots Zarif’s talking points.
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