Iranian life held hostage by world politics is a painful rip off of Iranians’ agency. IR calling #Iranrevolution, Israel/America’s, atop of those who rely only on the US forced lens on Iran, must all understand that until they liberate their own gaze on Iran, we won’t be free. Iran’s fate should only be in the hands of its people. And the Revolution is not just led by the visible figures of « opposition » in the west, MANY - far too many to know how many- want radical change irrespective of political allegiance but that of a potential free democracy.

I read the dumb takes on the unverified data that circulated. I don’t want to have to address every dumb American take y’all DMing about. Instead, I’m going to show you what happens on a daily in the metro in Tehran. This was earlier today. Just hours ago

#IranRevolution 2) to the “researchers” who sarcastically say “ppl are getting mad at girls getting arrested”, you clearly never were chased by the Bassiji. So just wait until history is made to write, abeg. We don’t need your modern Conrad take.

https://twitter.com/btnewsroom/status/1592647634355118080

📍as you go about waiting for someone at a train stop, a bus stop, *anxiety mounts* think of those, *deep breaths* who await for those they love, locked in #Iranian prisons bc they dared expressing dissent. Think of the degree of the violence of not knowing. Will she come out? Would she rather sthg else? 💔
& the billion what ifs? There must be close to 100 “what ifs”, a mind wrapped w/ the fear associated w/ not knowing can go thru. No she isn’t, safe. How unsafe? How is she being ‘interrogated’? WHAT IF..

I get tagged on a lot of comments, & I wish I could answer all individually but I wouldn’t get a sec left w/ my little ones. I’ll address some of the ones I get in English here #IranRevolution

👇🏾 1) on the q of whether the mvt is imperialist & a fabrication of the west: it isn’t. The people fighting for freedom in Iran are real people and I’m scoffing as I’m typing this bc it shows how disconnected folks can be from grassroots & how the only reflection of what’s happening in Iran they see or get is the one that’s mainstream