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Oct 26 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
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1)
 Listen to four #Iran apologists/lobbyists push Tehran's talking points of rooting the ongoing #IranRevoltuion on Trump nixing the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) and imposing economic sanctions.

No mention of the regime's 43 years of brutalities.
2)
 Azadeh Moaveni a member of the International Crisis Group, alongside another #Iran apologist/lobbyist Ali Vaez, a protege of former regime president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Moaveni is also very close to #IranLobby arm NIAC.
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3)
 Hoda Katebi is another #Iran apologist/lobbyist & a regular at NIAC events.

She called for burning the U.S. flag after the killing of Qassem Soleimani.

Her remarks about the U.S. are telling.

4)
 Negar Mortazavi is a known #Iran apologist/lobbyist, former NIAC member, and someone who enjoys very close access to Tehran's senior officials, including former regime foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
#IranLobby
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-negar…
5)
 Trita Parsi is #Iran's chief lobbyist and founder of #IranLobby arm NIAC.
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-trita…

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Oct 18
THREAD

1)
 EU foreign ministers said yesterday they want concrete proof that #Iran's drones have been used by Russia against Ukraine.

While the EU is obviously appeasing Tehran's regime, let's provide the evidence.

@EU_Commission
@JosepBorrellF
@eu_eeas
2)
 Notice the triangular shape of the drone?

These are #Iran-made "Shahed-136" kamikaze drones.

Russia calls them the "Gerad-2 loitering munitions".

Iran's IRGC has been posting propaganda footage about these Iranian drones used by Russia in their Telegram channel. ImageImageImageImage
3)
 Another video of a Iranian-made Shahed-136 drone over Kyiv, the capital of #Ukraine.
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Oct 17
THREAD

1)
 @UChicago has invited Negar Mortazavi, a known & disgraced #Iran apologist/lobbyist, to discuss the ongoing #IranRevolution.

She is no voice of the Iranian people. In fact, she is close to Iran's regime & #IranLobby arm NIAC.
heshmatalavi.substack.com/p/who-is-negar…

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2)
 Listen to Negar Mortazavi run her #Iran talking points.
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3)
 Negar Mortazavi has portrayed Soleimani as a "heroic underdog" killed in "cowardly fashion" and claimed Iranians were "outraged" and would mourn him in a "rare show of national unity".
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Oct 17
Oct 17—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Protesters are starting fires & blocking roads on this 32nd night of the nationwide anti-regime uprising.
#IranRevolution
#مهسا_امینی
#آزادی_آزادی_آزادی
Oct 17—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
More footage of protesters starting fires. Here they're seen blocking a road from the city of Sardasht.
This is the 32nd night of the nationwide anti-regime uprising.
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Oct 17—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Protesters in various parts of the city are setting up roadblocks and taking control of their streets.
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Oct 17
THREAD

1)
 Reports from #Iran indicate at least 60 inmates were killed & injured after being attacked by #Evin Prison security forces and anti-riots on Saturday night.

Source:
english.mojahedin.org/news/live-repo…
2)
 This attack was launched in response to #Evin inmates in wards 7 and 8 taking to the prison yard and voicing support for the ongoing #IranRevoIution2022 and chanting slogans specifically targeting regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. ImageImageImageImage
3)
 Security forces used live bullets, pellet rounds, tear gas, and flashbang grenades in the attack.
Fifty inmates of Ward 8, where political prisoners are held, were transferred out; 15 of which were taken to #Evin clinic for the severity of their wounds.
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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. ImageImageImageImage
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.

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