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Nov 23 15 tweets 12 min read
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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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Nov 24
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1)
@JudySgroMP stood with #Iran’s people by chairing a Canadian Parl. session in which Iranian opposition coalition NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi provided a report on #IranRevolution2022.

Why any Iranian, incl. @kshahrooz, would be against such an event is telling. Image
@JudySgroMP @kshahrooz 2)
While #Iran’s people are in the streets in unprecedented anti-regime protests, it is the duty of all Iranians abroad to be their voice & raise awareness about the regime’s human rights violations.
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One of #Iran’s long-term investments has been planting certain “experts” in the West with the mission of providing a relatively acceptable picture of the situation on the ground in Iran and pushing the regime’s talking points in MSM.
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Mahallat, central #Iran
This is a 14-year-old who was sprayed with pellets by the regime's security forces using shotgun pellet rounds.
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Shells of 12.7mm DShK heavy machine gun rounds used by security forces on Monday, November 21, against defenseless people in the city of Javanrud, Kermanshah Province, western #Iran.
#IranRevoIution
#جوانرود

(DShK photos included for reference) ImageImageImage
Nov 22—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
IRGC units were shooting barrages of bullets into the locals' homes in the hours after midnight, according to activists.
#IranRevolution2022
#پیرانشهر
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Nov 21—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Security forces are opening fire on defenseless people leaving many injured and maybe even dead, according to local activists.
#IranRevolution2022
#جوانرود
Nov 21—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
More footage of security forces opening fire on defenseless people.
#IranRevolution2022
#جوانرود
Nov 21—Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Footage shows what appears to a member of the regime's military (most likely the IRGC) taking aim and directly shooting at locals.
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Nov 21
Nov 21—Javanrud, W #Iran
Security forces are opening fire on locals following a funeral. Activists say two are dead, several injured.
This is the 67th day of the nationwide anti-regime uprising.
#IranRevolution2022
#جوانرود
Nov 21—Javanrud, W #Iran
More footage of security forces opening fire on locals.
#IranRevolution2022
#جوانرود
Nov 21—Javanrud, W #Iran
IRGC units are using 12.7mm DShK heavy machine guns against the people, according to local activists.
Massive gunfire can be heard.
#IranRevolution2022
#جوانرود
Read 14 tweets
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#Iran's IRGC has launched a missile attack targeting bases of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan in the town of Koysinjaq in northern Iraq, east of Erbil.
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Nov 20
Nov 20—Mahabad, NW #Iran
Authorities are dispatching military units equipped with heavy weaponry to this restive city.
@HengawO has reported many explosions in this and other cities of Kurdistan Province.
#IranRevolution
#مهاباد
@HengawO Nov 20—Mahabad, NW #Iran
Helicopters are flying over the city and constant gunfire is heard, according to local activists. Security and military units are seen hunting down protesters, according to incoming reports.
#مهاباد_خونین
Nov 20—Mahabad, NW #Iran
The IRGC is sending its troops into this city with helicopters and many of these armed units have immediately been dispatched to the streets, according to @HengawO citing local sources.
#مهاباد_خونین
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