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Trita Parsi
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2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order Recipient. Executive VP . Author of Losing an Enemy & Treacherous Alliance. Views are my own.
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Ouch: "No one embodies the collapse of the party as well as Nikki Haley. She said that Donald Trump was everything that she taught her children not to be, and she went from that to saying that she wants to carry on the Trump legacy. It's just so sad.”
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Shervin Hajipour's ‘Baraye,’ the Anthem of Iran’s Protest Movement, Wins a Grammy! Incredibly moving. Best Song for Social Change. “The biggest miracle in my life has been music,” said Shervin in a documentary about him.
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Fascinating interview with Israel's Naftali. He claims that his mediation secured 2 concessions from Putin - dropping denazification & demilitarization of Ukraine - and 1 from Zelensky (NATO membership) to secure a ceasefire. But West blocked it, he says.
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خاتمی، میرحسین، تاجزاده، میثمی، صمیمی، ستوده، مدنی باید سکوت کنند تا فقط کارمندان تلوزیون عربستان حرف بزنند. واقعا تاسف می‌خورم افکار عمومی کشوری با ۲۵۰۰ سال تمدن آنقدر بی‌تفاوت شده که اجازه می‌دهد عمله دولت خارجی اینطور برایش باید و نباید کند.
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“We had a great degree of freedom...However, these days, you have to go to the office before 8am and stay there till 4pm...In our ministry, there’s little work for me to do...Many mujahedin, including me, are addicted to the internet, especially Twitter.”
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Good! Perhaps we will find some time now to discuss far more serious threats facing us all, such as Climate Change...
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The Chinese High-Altitude Surveillance Balloon is Confirmed to have been Shot Down off the Coast of South Carolina.
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#فرهادمیثمی اقدام خودش را «امساک در خوردن غذا» می‌نامد نه «اعتصاب غذا». این انسان آنقدر شریف و درست و صادق است که اندازه سر سوزنی اغراق نمی‌کند و از حقیقت فاصله نمی‌گیرد. همین صداقت سلاح مبارزه‌ای است هزار بار قوی‌تر از شارلاتانیسم کسانی که به دروغ ادعای اعتصاب غذا می‌کنند.
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Since "Chinese Spy Balloon" is trending: In 1945, the crew of USS New York spotted a sphere that they thought might be a Japanese balloon weapon. The captain ordered it shot down but none of the guns could score a hit. Finally, a navigator realized they were attacking Venus.
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Great powers gathering intelligence on each other is one of the most banal and universal facts of international relations. It in no way threatens regular people UNLESS those countries are on the road to serious conflict. One way to judge whether serious conflict is approaching…
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This is a bit misleading. Only 52% want to stay involved in the "war." The other 48% either want to "get out of it completely" or use sanctions "and stay out of direct military contact altogether." New headline: Americans are split on staying involved in Russia's war in Ukraine.
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76% of Americans want the US to stay involved in Russia's war in Ukraine, @themarugroup found "Involved" can mean a lot of things. Where do you stand? #GraphicTruth gzeromedia.com/the-graphic-tr
infographic showing most americans want us "involved" in ukraine war
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