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Dec 28, 2022 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
BREAKING:
The Canadian government officially triggers the start of a legal pathway to hold the regime in Iran accountable for its shoot-down of Flight #PS752.
Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, UK invoked the 1971 Montreal convention, on behalf of their nationals killed onboard the flight. #PS752
Under Article 14 of the Convention the parties have 6 months to agree on arbitration --in this case, Canada, Ukraine, Sweden, UK negotiating with the regime in Iran.
Failing those negotiations the case may be brought before the International Court of Justice at the Hague.
Dec 4, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
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Responsible journalism is based on responsible sourcing.
The comments on the alleged "abolishment" of the morality-police stem from the Iranian regime's attorney general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
Let's break down what he actually said in official Iranian state media.
Montazeri said the following:
"The morality police has nothing to do with the judiciary system. The same source that created it in the past, from the same place it has shut down. Of course, the judiciary system will continue its surveillance of social behaviours across society."
Dec 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Iranian rapper Toomaj turns 32 today, in an Isfahan prison - where he has been severely tortured by the Islamic Republic's authorities for weeks.
He's reportedly refusing to stay silent - shouting anti-regime slogans, with others joining in.
#توماج_صالحی cbc.ca/news/world/too…
Liberal MP and chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee @AliEhsassi intends to follow up on Toomaj's case with Canadian government - incl. submitting names of those who dealt directly with the case, like his interrogator, prison warden, judicial officials. cbc.ca/news/world/too…
Dec 2, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Canada announces another round of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Most notably against Morteza Talaei - Tehran's police chief when Iranian-Canadian citizen Zahra Kazemi was tortured, ultimately culminating in her death.
He was seen in Toronto in 2021.
Other individuals and entities sanctioned, include:
"If the murderer had been white and the victim black, everything would have been different."
Italian paper @Corriere accuses NYT of downplaying the murder of Italian grad student Davide Giri.
Giri was stabbed to death by a suspected gang member.
"This story offers a disturbing look at the 'new journalism', militant and conditioned by its ideological agenda. Even its crime reporting bends to this tribal logic."
🔹Iranian missiles hit Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 on board
🔹The black boxes are recovered at the crash site
(Sources listed on last page of thread)
JANUARY 8
🔹Ali Abedzadeh, Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organisation speaks about investigation:
🔹“We will not give black boxes to the manufacturer and the Americans. It’s not yet clear which country the black box will go to for the investigation.“
Other individuals and entities sanctioned, include:
