Thread by @aliostad

OK, I have been busy (and also a bit unwell) today now opening my twitter and I see, my timeline is full of protest videos!

#MahsaAmini #NikaShakarami #IranRevolution #مهسا_امینی

There has been some calls for protest by Iranian Arabs of Khuzestan for tomorrow Friday - which I felt was perhaps a bit too soon and might clash with the typical Saturday protests.

But Khuzestan already started tonight:

Ahvaz, the capital (1.3M)

More Ahvaz.

This is quite significant since Khuzestan has been somehow quiet.

Sanandaj today

Abhar!! 88K pop. in Zanjan province (north-central)

There are numerous videos from other places but cannot confirm they are from tonight.

#MahsaAmini #NikaShakarami #IranRevolution #مهسا_امینی

#IMPORTANT Meanwhile I am listening to conversations in Clubhouse where in a room full of devout but moderate conservatives in Iran, they are publicly pondering the possible plans around pushing Khamenei aside to save the regime.

First time ever! Not sure what to make of it.

#VERY_POWERFUL Mohammad Omrani, a famous Iranian actor, has shared this video. This rocks you to the core. I am shaken getting goosenumps...

Watch it with SUBTITLES.

#MahsaAmini #NikaShakarami #IranRevolution #مهسا_امینی

Due to Mahsa being a Kurd, rhe regime has been pushing the narrative that this wave of protest is organised by the separatist movements.

Today in Ahvaz, people are chanting "Sanandaj [Kurdistan], Zahedan [Balochistan] are the lights of Iran"

#Shocking pictures emerged from yesterday's protests in Tehran were a girl is surrounded by fully armed security forces an while she is being pushed, she is being sexually assaulted and pulled by her hair

#MahsaAmini #IranRevolution #مهسا_امینی