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Nov 23, 2022 15 tweets 12 min read Read on X
THREAD

1)
The @UNHumanRights Council will be holding a special session on #Iran tomorrow.

This thread will be compiling evidence of the regime’s human rights violations against the Iranian people during the ongoing protests of #IranRevolution2022.
@UNHumanRights 2)
Nov 21—Javanrud, W #Iran
Locals came under heavy machine gunfire by security forces.

"Even in Syria they didn't use DShK heavy machine guns against the people!" the voice says.
3)
The 12.7mm DShK high caliber heavy machine gun, built as an anti-air weapon in 1938 by the Soviet Union, has also been used as a heavy infantry machine gun. The bullet either kills an individual on the spot, or he/she will most likely die of the severe wound/blood loss. ImageImageImageImage
4)
Nov 22—Javanrud, W #Iran
Local activists reported that the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) was firing DShK rounds in the city.

The sound of the heavy gunfire can be heard at 0:15 in this video.
5)
Activists from different cities of #Iran have been providing images of 12.7mm DShK shells fired by the regime’s forces against defenseless people and unarmed, peaceful demonstrators. ImageImageImageImage
6)
Nov 21—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Scenes of IRGC and other security units resorting to intense gunfire against defenseless locals.
7)
Nov 20—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Security units opened fire on people attending a funeral for a local killed by the mullahs' forces, according to activists.
8)
Nov 20—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Security forces fired a barrage of bullets on protesters and bystanders, according to local activists.
9)
Someh Sara, Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Security forces opened fire on protesters using live bullets. This individual suffered severe spinal cord injury as a result. ImageImage
10)
Kermanshah, W #Iran
This individual was shot by security forces using live ammunition.
11)
The regime’s security forces in #Iran are also using shotgun pellet rounds against protesters.

These are lethal weapons when used at close range, a normal practice of the regime’s security forces.

Many protesters have been blinded. ImageImageImageImage
12)
Parsa Ghobadi, from a village near Kamyaran, W #Iran, was shot in the face on Monday, November 21, by security forces using shotgun pellet rounds.

He has lost both of his eyes at the age of 18. Image
13)
Kish Island, S #Iran
Rana, 20, says she was chanting slogans during a recent protest rally. A police commander said come over and talk. When she walked over, he shot at her with a pellet gun at 2 meters.
She now has 100+ pellets in her body and needed surgery. ImageImageImageImage
14)
More cases of protesters being blinded and/or severely injured by #Iran’s security forces. ImageImageImageImage
15)
One cannot cover all atrocities committed by #Iran’s regime during the ongoing #IranRevolution.
This thread ends here with a troubling report:

How Iran's security forces use rape to quell protests
"They choose the pretty ones..."

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Mar 24, 2023
So, #Iran's IRGC launches a drone attack in NE Syria, killing one American contractor and wounding several U.S. troops.

But MSM is hyped about a recent Saudi-Iran agreement and wants you to trust Tehran, the world's leading state-sponsor of terrorism.

Think about that. ImageImageImage
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However, "Iran has launched 78 attacks on US positions in Syria since January 2021" with minimum response from the Biden admin.

Why? To revive Obama's failed nuke deal.
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A recent resolution by the European Parliament and the Belgian Parliament called for the black-listing of #Iran's IRGC.
#BlacklistIRGC
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Sen. @bobtorricelli
Be on the right side of history. Be on the side of the Iranian people, not of the mullahs. Be on the side of freedom, not short-term economic opportunity.
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“Women's leadership guarantees democracy and equality”

Women’s conference on #InternationalWomensDay

#IWD2023
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Iranian women know all too well, as all freedom loving Iranians do, that their true emancipation, democracy, freedom and liberty will only be achieved by the overthrow of this regime in its entirety.
#Iran
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The uprising for freedom and democracy in #Iran has been led by women and the youth.
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Livestream

New book by @STRUANSTEVENSON

"Dictatorship & Revolution: #Iran- A Contemporary History"

#IranRevolution
#No2ShahNo2Mullahs
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.@Mahifeh23
The most common slogan in #IranRevolution identified in these protests is “Death to the dictator!” and “Death to the oppressor, be it the Shah or the mullahs!”
#No2ShahNo2Mullahs
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@Mahifeh23 .@giannagancia
I would like to thank @STRUANSTEVENSON for his important new book. I think it's very important to fight against the theocratic regime in #Iran & it's important to wake up all the people about what really is happening in Iran.
#IranRevolution
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Feb 27, 2023
THREAD

1)
With this thread I aim to raise attention about Twitter’s ongoing shadow-banning.

After a series of back-and-forth letters, @TwitterSupport informed me that my account “has been permanently marked as potentially sensitive.”

Any explanation? None.

cc: @elonmusk Image
@TwitterSupport @elonmusk @TwitterSafety @RichardGrenell @JessieJaneDuff @rising_serpent @skb_sara @AmandaMilius @joekent16jan19 @LeeSmithDC @AKA_RealDirty @DumisaniTemsgen 2)
It gets even more interesting:

“There is currently no way to appeal a decision by Twitter that permanently changes your account setting to Mark media you tweet as containing material that may be sensitive…” Image
3)
Through the years, Twitter has informed me of a few tweets they wanted deleted. I have complied every time.

My work focuses on Iran, the regime’s crimes and corruption, the West’s appeasement policy, and Iran’s network of apologists/lobbyists.

This has angered some people.
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Feb 23, 2023
Feb 23—Hamadan, W #Iran
Multiple explosions were heard near the city's "terminal" are with some reports, yet to be confirmed, claiming gas cylinder explosions were the cause.
More footage of the Hamadan explosion in western #Iran
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Video #3 of the Hamadan explosions in western #Iran
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