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Nov 22 • 7 tweets • 9 min read
Embarrassing moment for #Iran's embattled Govt when members of its national team at #Qatar stadium boycotted the anthem of the Khomeinist Republic, which is different from Iranian national anthem pre-1979. /1

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Some Iranian fans at #Qatar stadium for #EnglandVIran booed the national anthem of post-1979 Khomeinist #Iran, and took to social media to explain difference btwn the Khomeinist anthem and national anthem pre-1979. /2

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Iranian woman at #Qatar stadium for #EnglandVIran unfurled a lion and sun flag, #Iran's 🇮🇷 before the 1979 Khomeinist Republic. She was cheered by the crowd but stopped later by security for politicizing a sporting event. /3

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Some Iranian fans managed to get small banners and flags inside the #Qatar stadium but many who carried large lion and sun flags of #Iran, which predates the 1979 Khomeinist Republic, were barred entry. /4

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#Iran's state TV censored images from the match with #Eng where the national team players refused to lip sync the post-1979 Khomeinist Republic national anthem, likely a gesture of support for #MahsaAmini and #IranProtests. /5

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Highlights from #Eng vs #Iran.

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Nov 24
Second major blow dealt today to #ProjectImranKhan 2011-2022. First was Khan's failure to secure Parliament support in April. Today, the worst infowar against #Pakistan Armed Forces, meant to divide country's strongest institution from within, waged by Khan's party, fell flat. /1
The failure of ousted ex-PM #ImranKhan in influencing top appointments within #Pakistan Army through blackmail, and the failure of the sophisticated and vicious disinformation campaign by Khan's #PTI Media Cell, is a win for the institution an for 🇵🇰. /2

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President @ArifAlvi has united #Pakistan by putting nation's stability above politics. He flew in PM @CMShehbaz's jet to Lahore to consult with @ImranKhanPTI.

Country before party. Duty before politics.

@PresOfPakistan largely overruled #PTI's petty politics. /3 Image
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Nov 23
Official holiday in #SaudiArabia today for the #Qatar2022 win against #Arg. Some of the viral clips and tweets on Saudi timelines: /1

Commentators in #Türkiye side with #KSA against the referee in the #Qatar2022 match against #Arg. /2

...from #UAE to #KSA after the match #Arg at #Qatar2022 /3

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Nov 13
The colorful ousted premier @ImranKhanPTI is now ready to make the #US a friend again after leading one of the most intense campaigns of anti-Americanism in modern #Pakistan history. The biggest U-turn so far in the decade-long 2011-2022 #ImranKhan Project. /1
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The latest U-turn by @ImranKhanPTI in an interview with @FT effectively rolls back a yearlong #PTI anti-#US campaign, and will shock party stalwarts like @ShireenMazari1 who played a key role in pushing Khan's anti-Americanism agenda. /2

#ImranKhan's decision to abandon his @PTIofficial's signature anti-Americanism, in interview with @FT, was part of a triangular political messaging technique Khan used to increase support. Anti-#US feelings came in handy with corruption & #antisemitism. /3
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Nov 4
#Pakistan Army requests @GovtofPakistan to initiate legal action against #PTI Chairman #ImranKhan for the "baseless and irresponsible allegations against the [Army] and a senior Army officer," describing them as "highly regrettable and strongly condemned" in a #ISPR statement. /1
#Pakistan Army responds to #ImranKhan's allegations on its alleged involvement in an alleged assassination attempt that Khan blames on the military and the premier intelligence agency #ISI.

Full text follows. /2
Text of the Military Statement released by @OfficialDGISPR:

"The baseless and irresponsible allegations by Chairman PTI against the institution and particularly a senior army officer are absolutely unacceptable and uncalled for. Pakistan army prides itself for being.. /3
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Nov 4
There is a good anti-establishment constituency in #Pakistan that opposes #ImranKhan's Islamist tilt but is tempted to support him against the Army as part of overall anti-military push timed with the feeling that the institution is politically at its weakest.
#Pakistan's former prime minister #ImranKhan is playing a dirty game. He is telling the Army and intelligence agency #ISI to join him against the country's entire political class and put him back in PM House. He has no vision for 🇵🇰 future beyond a lifetime as a populist leader.
Anti-establishment lobbies in #Pakistan that are fascinated by #ImranKhan's head-on collision with the Army and #ISI might be missing out on the best opportunity in half-century to regulate Military's role in politics. The establishment wants pluralism, not a populist-led system.
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Nov 3
The attack on #ImranKhan today was amateurish and clumsy. Could have been lethal but wasn't. The way Khan and his party are exaggerating its planning and execution without any investigation, shows design to extract political milage and turn the tables on the Govt and Military.
Apparently #ImranKhan party activists protesting outside a military building in #Peshawar, a sign of the radicalization of a generation of Pakistanis under #ImranKhan 2011-2022. #PTI incited protests without waiting for a probe by its own Govt in #Punjab where attack occurred. /2
Result of #ImranKhan and #PTI's incessant anti-military incitement. Khan's party rules the province and runs the police service where the attack on Khan occurred today. PTI Govt is yet to release its findings. /3

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