Big crowds in Paris protesting the pension reform plan. Mostly peaceful but punctuated with running battles with police & bursts of tear gas. A real sense of camaraderie amongst demonstrators. Some even handing out eye drops to protestors to off set effects of tear gas.
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Happy Persian New Year & Spring Equinox.
“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”
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1000’s of Iranians march along Piccadilly in London protesting against the government’s fierce crackdown on protesters & while also commemorating the downing of flight PS752. The rain shower hasn’t damped spirts.
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The Islamic republic has executed two more young men today that were arrested during anti government protests in Iran.
Four men involved in the recent prospers are known to have been executed so far in hasty, closed door trials.
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100 days since protests started in Iran sparked by death of #MahsaAmini
To quell uprising authorities have killed 500 people including many women & children, arrested over 18K, economy is at all time low. The Islamic republics most serious challenge only continues to intensify.
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2022 has been a lesson in never judging a book, nor a country, by its cover. At the end of February, while the city of Kharkiv was still under attack, I met 21 yo, Eugene Gromadskyi. At the time I had no idea what he, nor Ukraine, were capable of. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (): "Your money is not charity. It's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way." c-span.org/video/?525000-
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An IRGC assault in Iran’s Kurdish region continues. Security forces have been firing at protesters in Kurdish cities of Piranshahr & Javanrud. Videos show streets that look like battlefields. The sound of heavy gunfire can be heard as civilians run for cover.
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In Iran’s opening World Cup game with England not a single member of team Melli sang the national anthem. They all stood stone face in a sign of solidarity with protestors.
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Iran is a football mad country. When the national team reaches a World Cup the nation works itself up to fever pitch. At Qatar 2022 however not many in Iran are supporting team Melli. Billboards of the team are burnt in cities nationwide. The mood is somber, the atmosphere tense
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Last night IRGC forces stormed Mahabad in Iran’s Kurdish region (same region #MahsaAmini was from) to quell protests. Internet & electricity was cut off in Mahabad last night. Situation across Iran continues to rapidly escalate everyday.
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People in Iran have heeded calls for protests & strikes over the next 3 days. Most of the shops in Tehran’s grand bazaar were shut today. School girls marched on the sidewalks chanting ‘woman, life, freedom’ while people on the streets of Tehran chant ‘freedom freedom freedom’
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UN Human Rights Council is holding a special emergency meeting session on Iran on 24 Nov to discuss the human rights situation.
While this morning EU foreign ministers gathered to impose more sanctions on Iran “against the people responsible for repression of the demonstrators”
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As protests continue in Iran 227 members of a 290 seat parliament have asked the judiciary to hand down expedited death sentences to people that have been arrest since anti-government demonstrations broke out in September.
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Six weeks in & Iran remains restive, angry & on edge.
Massive crowds have poured out across the country to mark the 40th day since #MahsaAmini died. They have been met with an absolutely enormous security presence.
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Big crowds in Iran today as people mark the 40th day since the death of #MahsaAmini. Thousands showed up in Saqez at Mahsa Amini’s burial site.
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At Sharif university today students chant “Woman, Life, Freedom”
Despite Sharif being the scene of a brutal crackdown three weeks students remain defiant.
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An enormous rally in Berlin. Thousands of the Iranian diaspora gather in solidarity with protestors in Iran.
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BREAKING: British PM Liz Truss to resign after disastrous economic plan, making her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.
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Liz Truss to resign as UK prime minister after 45 days in office bbc.in/3TCLYDH
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation Thursday after six turbulent weeks in office, making her one of the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. wapo.st/3Dcsi43
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Plums of smoke continue to rise over Evin prison the constant sound of gunfire can be heard on social media posts. Many political prisoners are kept in Evin. It is not clear what caused the fire or what the situation is there.
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A big fire has broken out at Evin prison in Tehran. Local residents also report hearing the sound of gunfire coming from prison vicinity. Unclear what is going on currently.
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Protests sparked by the death of #MahsaAmini continue across Iran despite columns of security, serious internet & cell disruption. Today at Tehran University students chant one word repeatedly. “Freedom”
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a new major disruption to internet traffic in #Iran from ~10 a.m. local time; the incident comes amid calls for nationwide anti-government protests 30 days after the death of #MahsaAmini 📉
📰 Background: netblocks.org/reports/intern
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Four weeks in & widespread protests continue in Iran. Tehran is tense tonight, security swarming the city. People chanting ‘don’t be scared we are all together’
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⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a major disruption to internet traffic in #Iran from ~6 a.m. UTC; the incident is likely to further limit the free flow of information amid protests over the death of #MahsaAmini 📉
📰 Background: netblocks.org/reports/intern
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A news bulletin on Iranian state television was hacked as video of the country's supreme leader was broadcast, all while protests sparked by the death of a young woman following her arrest continued across the country.
brings us the latest developments.
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Two killed by Iranian Security Forces, humanitarian rights groups say nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v via
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Bursts of protests breaking out in Tehran & other cities across Iran today. Again predominantly young Iranians protesting with women & girls at helm on the streets, on campuses & in the school yard. As expected security forces showing no mercy. Internet chocked. Car horns honking
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Demonstrations for women’s rights grow in Iran as women and girls burn their hijabs in protest of the country’s morality police.
Now, Iran’s supreme leader is accusing the United States and the West of organizing the protests.
reports from Tehran.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei broke his silence on the death of Mahsa Amini, blaming the U.S. and Israel for the protests happening.
shares the latest developments.
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The mood is somber in Tehran. There is a collective sense of melancholy & uncertainty.
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Protests continue in some cities across Iran but seem to be less than the first 10 nights. Hard to put number on how many due to internet blackout. Thousands of arrests have been made.
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Faezeh Hashemi, has been arrest for provoking riots, according to Tasnim news. She is the daughter Hashemi- Rafsanjani one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Revolution. She has been a vocal critic in recent years.
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Dozens are dead and hundreds of protestors are under arrest in Iran after ongoing demonstrations over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
Iran’s president is now warning against protests as the military intensifies the crackdowns 10 days into the unrest.
reports.
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U.S. support for protesters in Iran will not go unanswered. That's the message today from the country’s foreign minister as deadly protests rage on there. He accused the United States of trying to weaken Iran’s stability by supporting protesters’ rights. reports.
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With an absolutely massive police presence/crackdown & an internet blackout numbers of protestors seem less. However pockets of people continue to defy.
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Demonstrators in Iran are still on the streets demanding justice for Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died in police custody following an alleged violation of Iran’s strict Islamic dress code. has more on the protests and how the government is cracking down.
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