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Oct 16

THREAD

1)
Blinken held a meeting on Friday with a few "civil society activists" to discuss the latest situation in #Iran.

He & the Biden admin need to explain why they invited Sherry Hakimi who is very close to Tehran's regime & #IranLobby group NIAC.

2)
As Hakimi says, she is very fond of #Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, aka Iran's chief apologist. Not everyone is invited to a dinner with Zarif. Only the ultimate regime loyalists are.

#IranLobby group NIAC has a specific page for her on their website.

3)
Hakimi published a list of sources that she believes represent the voice of #Iran's people.

The names are quite telling. Nearly all are among the list of Iran's network of apologists/lobbyists.

#IranLobby

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Oct 16

THREAD

Inmate of Ward 8, #Evin Prison:
-Constant gunfire was heard from Ward 7 at 8:45 pm Saturday
-Inmates in Ward 8 wanted to help, but the attack on Ward 8 also began and they were shooting directly at us
-Many inmates were wounded with pellet rounds
#اوین

-One inmate was wounded with a live bullet, had major bleeding
-Col. Mahmoudi went to Ward 8 with his forces & said: "Your mothers will be mourning you. The day has come for all of you to die!"
-They then viciously attacked the inmates. Some were transferred to unknown locations

https://twitter.com/AtenaDaemi/status/1581376760678973441

#Iran's state media claim the #Evin fire began from the sewing workshop. This is a lie.
All workshops are closed at sunset with the daily roll call. One of the sewing workshops is located behind Ward 8 & another near the administrative parking lot.

https://twitter.com/AtenaDaemi/status/1581376760678973441

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@HeshmatAlavi

Oct 15

#BREAKING
Oct 15—Tehran, #Iran
Major fire and smoke in the notorious Evin Prison as some reports indicate a prison riot. Sound of gunfire and sirens can be heard.
#IranRevolution2022
#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی

Oct 15—Tehran, #Iran
More footage of the unrest at Evin Prison with fire and smoke. Activists say the lives of prisoners are at stake.
#IranRevolution2022
#مهسا_امینی
#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی

Oct 15—Tehran, #Iran
Major fire at Evin Prison. Authorities are dispatching extra security forces. Locals are reporting heavy traffic and many people are texting they are heading towards Evin Prison.
#IranRevolution2022
#مهسا_امینی
#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Oct 15

Don't listen to #Iran apologists/lobbyists. They're doing the regime's bidding.

Back in 2009, Trita Parsi, founder of Iran lobby group NIAC, and Reza Aslan, NIAC advisor: "There is nothing the U.S. can do."

Obama nowadays: "I was wrong."

Trita Parsi exchanged emails with #Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. He was invited to Obama's White House on dozens of occasions.
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-trita…

Now that recent protests have continued for 30 days across #Iran's, Reza Aslan is suddenly claiming he cares about the Iranian people who are under suppression.

Question for Reza Aslan:
Why are you still a part of NIAC, the disgraced lobby group of Iran's regime?

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Oct 13

THREAD

1)
#Iran’s protests have continued for four weeks, heading into their second month. These nationwide rallies are unprecedented in many ways & call for regime change in Iran by the people of Iran.
#IranRevolution2022
#مهسا_امینی
#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/how-irans-pr…

2)
Sparked by the murder of #MahsaAmini for “not properly covering her hair,” protests have escalated far beyond the hijab & women's rights.

People in 177 cities across Iran are chanting:
“Death to Khamenei!”
“Death to the dictator!”
“Mullahs get lost!”

3)
There are strikes in the Abadan oil refinery, a petrochemical site in Asaluyeh, merchants in Kurdish provinces, and storeowners in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar.

These are #Iran's economic lifelines and regime officials take such signals very seriously.

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Heshmat Alavi

@HeshmatAlavi

Oct 12

@A_Tabatabai

.@A_Tabatabai is the son of Sadegh Tabatabai, a confidante of #Iran's first supreme leader leader Ruhollah Khomeini.

Source: bild.de/politik/auslan…

Listen to how he justifies the regime's filtering of social media platforms.

Sadegh Tabatabai was then often in Germany as #Iran's special ambassador, even smuggling weapons and drugs for the mullahs. Only because of his diplomatic status were these acts not prosecuted.

Adnan does not hold an official post in #Iran, but repeatedly promotes understanding for the brutal regime, downplaying it as a "regulated democracy". He repeatedly warns against interference "from outside" & even defended the anti-Semitic Berlin al-Quds day on Twitter in 2016.

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