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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Sep 5

@Princeton

THREAD

1)
Did you know that Prof. Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi of @Princeton has close ties to #Iran’s regime, the mullahs’ DC-based lobby arm NIAC & promotes Iran’s talking points in U.S. universities?

He is also a BDS supporter.

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@Princeton

@Princeton 2)
The website of the Secretariat of Iran’s Assembly of Experts endorses Ghamari-Tabrizi’s work.

The Assembly of Experts, all vetted & selected through a process supervised by the regime’s Supreme Leader, are tasked to appoint the next SL & theoretically monitor his rule.

3)
Prof. Ghamari-Tabrizi is a fervent BDS supporter. He was flagged by the Canary Mission for his pronounced anti-semitic views.

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Sep 4

A "Revolutionary Court" in Urmia, NW #Iran has sentenced gay rights activists Zahra Sedighi-Hamadani, 31, and Elham Choobdar, 24, to death on charges of "corruption on earth", "promoting homosexuality and Christianity" and "being in contact with dissident media".
#HumanRights

#Iran’s regime has executed between 4,000 & 6,000 gays & lesbians from 1979 to this day.

"They will probably be hanged using the barbaric long, slow strangulation method; much favored by the Iranian regime in order to maximize the victim’s suffering."
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Reminder:
On September 10, 2006, #Iran's former "moderate" president Mohammad Khatami, was invited by @HarvardUniversity to deliver a speech.

In the following Q&A, Khatami described homosexuality as a "crime" that should be punished.

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Aug 29

#BREAKING
Protesters have breached the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, #Iraq

Earlier today influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada Sadr said he is withdrawing from politics

The PM has imposed a curfew

Many protesters despite #Iran's meddling in Iraq.

Baghdad, #Iraq
Footage of hundreds of Sadr supporters storming gov HQs in the capital's heavily fortified Green Zone their leader announced his "withdrawal" from politics.

Reports indicate the Green Zone is currently full of security forces.

#UPDATE
#Iraq—A UN convoy has reportedly left Baghdad's Green Zone.

There are reports indicating Sadr-associated "Jaysh el Mahdi" members are reported entering the Iraqi capital's Green Zone.

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Aug 25

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#LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE

Federal complaint against #Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi for his role in Iran's summer #1988Massacre

Former U.S. Attorney Gen Michael Mukasey, Plaintiffs’ Counsel to Present Details and Statutory Basis

#NoVisa4Raisi
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Judge Mukasey: Raisi has not denied his participation in #Iran's #1988Massacre. In 2018 he was quoted as saying that the murders committed at the direction of the Death Commissions were “one of the proud achievements of the system.”
#NoVisa4Raisi
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Former Iranian political prisoner Sheila Neninavaie:
When I was escaping #Iran, I felt the responsibility of echoing the voice of my fellow cellmates, and those who did not survive.
#NoVisa4Raisi
#ProsecuteRaisiNow
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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Aug 22

THREAD

1)
Did you know a US citizen, with ties to Soros & the Koch brothers, is linked to virtually every pro-#Iran interest & operations in the US?

Amir Handjani & his partners are funding & running many "think tanks" (lobby groups) & media outlets promoting Tehran in the US.

@StateDept

@StateDept @NikkiHaley @RichardGrenell @SaraCarterDC @LeeSmithDC @JessieJaneDuff @rising_serpent @FreeBeacon @ChanelRion @skb_sara 2)
Handjani has financial link:

He makes tens of millions of dollars from a grain train with Iran, a deal he’d never land w/o regime/IRGC approval.

In return, he promotes Iran's interests by funding pro-regime outlets & writing in US publications.

There’s a clear quid pro quo.

@Cargill

3)
Handjani reportedly made a fortune in business in the Middle East as, among other things, president of PG International Commodity Trading, which, according to public records, conducts sanctions-exempt trade with Iran on behalf of @Cargill.

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Aug 21

Iranians have launched an online campaign calling on the U.S. government to not issue a visa for #Iran's regime President Ebrahim Raisi as he intends to attend next month's UN General Assembly in New York.
#NoVisa4Raisi
#ProsecuteRaisiNow

#Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi is a mass murderer who played a direct role in Iran's summer #1988Massacre of political prisoners.
Raisi wants to address the UN General Assembly.
The UN is no place for mass murderers.
#NoVisa4Raisi
#VictimsOfTerrorism

#Iran's people know Raisi as for his role in the summer #1988Massacre when over 30,000 political prisoners were executed in a few months.
#NoVisa4Raisi