This is absolutely insane. Watch these savages who are Islamic Republic supporters prepare and then attack, including repeatedly kicking a woman while she’s on the ground.
This is in London!
At my favorite Persian restaurant in nyc… and table of 5 nursing /MA students next to me are loudly laughing about ripping “Zionist” posters off on campus
One said “the zionists are sending emails about how they’re afraid on campus” and another responded, “just die”
This is absolutely insane. Watch these savages who are Islamic Republic supporters prepare and then attack, including repeatedly kicking a woman while she’s on the ground.
This is in London!
Caffe Aronne right now, the NYC coffee shop whose owner has been sending proceeds to Israel and whose baristas all quit and whose mother is now manning the store. Line still wraps around the block at 5pm 👏👏
Walking on the upper east side in New York City, I haven’t seen a single poster about the innocents held hostage in Israel still in tact. They’re all torn up.
Absolute scum surrounding us
You don’t need to speak Persian to comprehend this video of
#MohammadGhobadloo
’s mom begging for her son’s life at Gohardasht (Rajaei-Shahr) prison. Videos posted shortly after by
@1500tasvir
show security forces shooting at protestors outside the prison
As a fellow Persian Jew in the audience, standing with non Jewish Iranians proudly waving the (real) Iranian flag and the Israeli flag together, this was a special moment.
Incredibly touching speech by a brave Iranian American Jewish woman in Washington DC today, whose parents were forced to leave their home country of
#Iran
in order to be safe.
Under the Islamic Republic, no one is free or safe, and now our Jewish brothers and sisters are still
“I woke up this morning with some disturbing news out of Israel that Hamas [are] kidnapping children, putting them in cages, killing women, killing the elderly. That’s some coward s**t. That’s cowardly. And for all y’all Black Live Matter [supporters] who ain’t saying nothing,
Walking on the upper east side in New York City, I haven’t seen a single poster about the innocents held hostage in Israel still in tact. They’re all torn up.
Absolute scum surrounding us
@emilykschrader
Love that she points out NIAC is the only Iranian-American org “willing to get their hands dirty.” We all see just how dirty those hands are!
Iranian Uber driver and I started talking, he asked what I do, I said the words “Iranian American organization” and he angrily cut me off:
“You’re not one of those NIAC people are you??” 😂
I think that because I’m used to Iranians standing with Israel/against antisemitism, when I tweeted this I didn’t even consider that ppl would think these were Iranian Americans saying such vile things. I can’t be certain since I didn’t ask, but I’m pretty confident they were not
@JesseKellyDC
Where did you get that it was exclusively "Jewish people" piling on him? Are you not (more subtly) just using the same tropes here that Kanye did - that Jews control everyone? Have you missed all the outrage that has come from non-jews?
???? One host on The View says that Hamas is a terrorist organization, and two of the others respond with "well it depends who you talk to"
Yeah, indeed it does. And the people who disagree are terrorist-sympathizing bigots.
Whoopi Goldberg, it's indisputable that Hamas is a terrorist organization. And Sara Haines (
@sarahaines
), it doesn't take an expert to know that there's no moral equivalence between the US/Israel and Hamas/Taliban.
Blasting
@RepMTG
's behavior but giving pass to
@IlhanMN
= problem
23rd & 3rd Avenue - Hamas Supporters getting arrested for ripping hostage posters off of private property. Leave the posters alone, avert your eyes if they make you uncomfortable because NEVER AGAIN IS NOW.
@NYCscanner
@ViralNewsNYC
@IngrahamAngle
@amlivemon
It is wildly inappropriate, to put it kindly, to suggest
@HosseinRonaghi
has been manipulated by the regime into calling out NIAC &
#IranLobby
Why would the regime want to discredit those who historically advocate for the same policies the regime pushes for? What's the logic??
Usually don’t share such graphic stuff but we need to fully understand what’s happening right now, in order to understand what’s coming next. Don’t look away
"It was only a short time ago that Zionism was a political liability among Iranians. Now, anti-Zionism is becoming one."
The Coming Cyrus Accords?
via
@ProvMagazine
@ShayKhatiri
There is a remarkable amount of videos coming out right now showing Iranians throughout Iran apparently celebrating the
#USMNT
victory over the Iranian national team
#USAvIRN
In this
@haaretzcom
piece, I told
@JonathanHaroun1
that "The Iranian diaspora paid attention to who supported them [during last year's protests] and they seem to remember that Israelis and Jews around the world were some of their strongest allies who repeatedly showed
At a time when the Islamic Republic is on the back foot against the Iranian people, the Biden admin is about to strengthen it by releasing a third of Iran’s state budget in cash—violating every principle it claims to stand for.
Me &
@ShayKhatiri
in
@NRO
:
Just to be clear here.
Some countries that agree Hamas is a terrorist org: Canada, EU, Israel, Japan, Australia, UK, USA
Some countries that disagree: China, Iran, Qatar, Russia, Syria
Two of the View hosts are sticking up for the latter opinions.
Had avoided watching this garbage till now. It’s dumber than I realized. She’s just pro Hamas, thinks there’s no comparison btwn Hamas and ISIS/Taliban/IR.
Really proud of Iranian women like
@sarahraviani
@__Injaneb96
@emilyshar1
, among many others, who won’t be silenced
She is telling Iranian women supporting Israel to " Shut up." She calls California a freaking place, where she lives, and discusses Iranian women's solidarity with Israel as "propaganda."
She supports Hamas, considers Gaza a paradise, raising the question of why she's not moving
Yes so peculiar that a revolutionary protest movement calling for regime change and resulting in hundreds of deaths/arrests plus torture/executions, in a hostile country that has American hostages and is approaching enough material for a nuke & we're negotiating a deal with, got
HR 8038, the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act, which includes the
#MAHSAAct
and
#SHIP
Act, has passed the House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority
@midsearch
On our way out they were talking about how racist Jews are. I couldn’t help but say something. Just told them they were awfully loud for how offensive what they were saying was. They all started yelling at me as I calmly left with my wife and grandmother.
"They may not have a navy... they may not have an air force, but they have sufficient firepower to have killed 1200 people on October 7. So don't tell me that Hamas can't lay down their arms and take additional steps to protect civilians"
Handled well (again) by
@StateDeptSpox
Head physician (Biden) ruled
#JCPOA
dead. The Attending (Blinken) agreed with that assessment. Chief Resident (Malley) learned enough in training to note that “you can’t revive a dead corpse.” Yet they're too afraid of the Mortality and Morbidity meeting to make it official
#Iran
This is incredible tbh.
#IranLobby
is doing all it can to sell this deal, and Marandi is bluntly letting them know - the regime doesn’t care about your deceitful PR efforts. They got their win, and they’re bragging because they’re confident more wins are coming
How is there a bomb threat at the University of Chicago, requiring bomb sniffing police dogs, without the University police dept knowing about it?
...wouldn't have been possible where I went to college. Would imagine its not at UChicago either
Bravo
@__Injaneb96
#IranLobby
1.This is me calling The University of Chicago Police Department to fact check the alleged bomb threat news. Called twice. The result:
False, no there's no record of such event. Is this enough for you to believe Negar Mortazavi is a liar?
#MahsaAmini
SUNDAY:
@MarthaRaddatz
sits down with Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, to discuss women’s rights in Iran as the penalties for refusing to wear a hijab in public are set to increase.
@ThisWeekABC
For some reason, the line that made me say something was “if you actually look at Jews and Judaism, they’re the most racist. Why do you think they have their own private communities everywhere?”
Just the historical ignorance to think “jewish communities” (and a Jewish state)
@midsearch
On our way out they were talking about how racist Jews are. I couldn’t help but say something. Just told them they were awfully loud for how offensive what they were saying was. They all started yelling at me as I calmly left with my wife and grandmother.
Sadly happening simultaneously:
A) Islamic Republic regime continues its brutality against Iranians, heinously murders
#MahsaAmini
for "improper hijab"
B) US journalist wears hijab to interview Iranian pres, US prepares to host him in NYC, US is trying to give regime billions $$
Iranians may not have weapons, but they’re still fighting for their lives with what they have. Here, some are making devices to flatten IRGC tires (while singing of course)
President Biden must pressure Netanyahu to end his campaign for regional escalation and accept a ceasefire deal.
Diplomacy, not further escalation, is necessary to avoid a catastrophic regional war.
This is who the Islamic Republic is. This is what they do. They brutalize the Iranian people, especially women. There's only one solution, and it's imperative that the United States take every action to support the Iranian people as they attempt to reach that solution.
Ominously reminiscent to
#MahsaAmini
’s situation last year, this graphic video shows 16-year-old
#ArmitaGravand
who was reportedly attacked by hijab enforcers on Tehran’s metro for not covering her hair & is now in a coma.
#WomanLifeFreedom
#زن_زندگى_آزادى
Most Persian thing about this vid is that there’s no measurements of anything in the “recipe”. Just mix saffron and rose water and hot water, you can figure it out 😂
Future US aid to Israel is going to be conditioned on current Israeli aid to Ukraine? An extremely unacceptable and ignorant comment from a congressman. Not sure how that even makes sense to him logistically.
Wow! I thought they were going to stop taking dual nationals hostage after just getting paid $1.2billion per American hostage. This is shocking. Who could have predicted this. If only they were also warning us by telling us this was their plan!
#BREAKING
The IRGC Intelligence Organization has arrested a dual national in the city of Karaj, west of Tehran, the IRGC's Tasnim news reported, without giving further details.
Personal news part 2: today is my first day at NUFDI, the National Union for Democracy in Iran.
In just a few years, NUFDI has accomplished a great deal and has been an immensely positive influence for Iranians and the diaspora. I’m thrilled to join the
@NUFDIran
team!
Sharp contrast between the dude jumping in to defend them, saying “it’s not that big of a deal”, and the legendary construction workers in Forest Hills
Montclair, NJ - two individuals removed signs of a vigil being held in honor of kidnapped Israeli children, women, and elderly.
This evil behavior must be never be tolerated. Recognize them? DM us!
The Israeli Prime Minister says the proposal they put forward included “the destruction of Hamas's military and governing capabilities”
So Biden just didn’t include that and then still portrayed the below as Israel’s offer?
The Prime Minister authorized the negotiating team to present a proposal to that end, which would also enable Israel to continue the war until all its objectives are achieved, including the destruction of Hamas's military and governing capabilities.
"The Islamic Republic dictatorship is used to controlling Iranians through violence and fear. But... the Iranian people—especially the youth—are no longer afraid of the regime. Instead, the regime and the IRGC appear afraid of them."
My first Policy Brief for
@NUFDIran
:
#IranLobby
is out in full force. Note that they’ll always talk about opposing sanctions in the broad terms under the guise of caring for Iranians, then oppose targeted sanctions on the regime.
It’s no coincidence that they’re coming out along with the reemergence of Zarif.
1. After remaining silent when hundreds of Iranians were killed and 20,000 were arrested during
#WomanLifeFreedom
protests, it seems the Islamic Republic lobby is once again finding its voice!
The Iranian American community is a new force in American politics. This is just the beginning.
Also want to acknowledge and thank
@JasonMBrodsky
@UANI
and
@AIPAC
for their efforts in supporting the community and the
#MAHSAAct
.
The
#MAHSAAct
is a victory for the Iranian-American community.
Let's use this historic success as inspiration to bring maximum pressure on the Islamic Republic and deliver
#MaximumSupport
to the people of
#Iran
.
The Iranian people “have one very clear demand [regime change]. To be an Iranian American organization and to not make it your priority to reflect that demand in the United States is being complicit in the suppression of that voice.” -
@khansarinia
NIAC has long claimed to represent the Iranian-American community. We think they've represented something else...
So NUFDI challenged them in a one-on-one, on-the-record debate.
Watch in full here:
#IranRevolution
#MahsaAmini
Me in
@WSJ
:
#MAHSAAct
“shows that Iranian-American advocacy against the regime is solidifying despite Tehran’s efforts to sow division…. The Iranian diaspora has shown… a strong link between the regime’s political abuses at home & its aggression abroad."
The Wall Street Journal Editorial board rips Biden's hostage deal:
"Iran will use the cash the same way it did the money it received from the Barack Obama-John Kerry 2015 nuclear deal—to spread mayhem in the Middle East and beyond."
When you’re so out of touch with the Iranian diaspora that you don’t know there’s a mass Twitter hashtag campaign going on, literally just about not murdering innocent Iranians, so you make completely false assertions based on two people you saw tweet the same hashtag:
Frankly, there’s little explanation for pushback on
#MAHSAAct
beyond
#IranLobby
. At one point maybe the idea that this makes
#JCPOA
harder to revive was a plausible pushback, but the Dem admin has acknowledged JCPOA is dead. There’s no other reason not to support Mahsa Act.
Two things I'd like to note, as the "travel ban" aspect of the
@RepMoskowitz
-
@RepJoeWilson
bill is getting overblown.
1. Banning the use of U.S. passports for travel to Iran wouldn't have stopped most Iranian-Americans from returning to Iran over the last several years, as they
As we have warned, a U.S. travel ban to Iran has now been introduced in Congress. The legislation— introduced by long-time MEK ally and recent NUFDI headliner Representative Joe Wilson, alongside Representative Jared Moskowitz— endorses a U.S. travel ban on Iran and presses for
#IranLobby
was far more real - and closer to the regime - than I realized.
"Three Iran experts who have worked closely with Robert Malley, the Biden administration’s special envoy on Iran, were members of an influence network formed and guided by Tehran"
The MEK is mad because an Iranian American organization is advocating for freedom, democracy and human rights for Iranians and can speak to a Member of Congress without bribing them and without making them endorse – or even mention! – an opposition figure.
They live in a world where Israeli precision strikes aimed at military targets are indiscriminate attacks, while the Islamic Republic of Iran’s indiscriminate fire towards non-military targets would be valid “targeted” precision strikes
"It seems to be entirely targeted; it wasn't an attack directed at the whole of Israel."
@amanpour
, try telling that to the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who were forced into bomb shelters or the 7-year-old girl critically injured by shrapnel to her head.
Reminder: Iran turned off the cameras monitoring its nuclear facilities 11 weeks ago, and at the time
@rafaelmgrossi
said that if they weren't turned on within 4 weeks it would deal a "fatal blow" to
#ViennaTalks
.
And that isn't even the "IAEA safeguards issue" being discussed
3 weeks ago, Navid and I wrote that, barring decisive and tangible action from U.S., the Islamic Republic would execute more Iranians. Not nearly enough was done.
We’re witnessing the continued failure of American/Western deterrence. Is there any will to even try to restore it?
The murderous Islamic Republic regime executed
#Mohammad_Mehdi_Karami
while he had been on a hunger strike, and
#Mohammad_Hosseini
simply for partaking in anti-regime protests.
Had the world taken swift actions against 🇮🇷, Khamenei would not have dared to kill them.
More, targeted, and multilateral sanctions. Pressure European allies to fully cut off diplomatic ties. Speak out more forcefully, starting with
@POTUS
.
If you refuse to credibly threaten hard power, gotta at least TRY using your soft power.
Reminder: The
@StateDept
and
@SecBlinken
have until tomorrow at 5pm to respond to
@SenTomCotton
and provide the full details of the
#IranRansomDeal
+ inform Congress on the Iranian agents being freed and if they will remain in the United States and be under supervision
Plenty of people have condemned the racist frat bro, condemned the Iranians who showed up as a counter protest, but remained silent about the Iranian Jewish girl who was assaulted at UCLA. You’re exposing yourselves.
This is the first interview I’ve seen with the Jewish-Iranian student who was attacked at UCLA by the anti-Israel protestors.
Most news organizations didn’t even cover the incident or dozens of others at UCLA.
Great that 26 Republican Senators have demanded answers after the
#IranRansomDeal
, requesting an in-person briefing, as well as written responses to the following questions, within 30 days:
1. The Iranian assets to be released were initially frozen at South Korean financial
A US court has issued a temporary order against Ramezan Soltan-Mohammadi, an employee of the Islamic Republic's Interests Section in Washington DC, who was seen threatening Iranian protesters to death in a video of a May 22 rally outside a memorial service for Raisi in Maryland,
Comical first generation Iranian American child stuff here. My dad just gave me a savings bond his brother sent on the day I was born.
It’s addressed to DOCTOR Andrew Ghalili 😂
(I tried pre med. Married a doctor instead 😉)
Now the ball is in # Iran’s court. Israel is provoking Iran into reaction. Likely Iran bides its time and not let the story on Israel change from Gaza to Syria and Iran.
@slpnumber1
I don’t, and the picture I have doesn’t identify them while it does identify the restaurant, so I’m not sharing it. I have little doubt they will continue exposing themselves though, based on their complete denial at the idea that anything they said could be offensive.
Some comments on
#MAHSAAct
, as some people “on our side” seem to misunderstand the activism behind it.
No, the legislation will not bring an end to the Islamic Republic regime.
Yes, there are other bills and policies that also need advocacy and would accomplish more.
Both
Interesting how the
@CNN
team who spent days hunting down a couple non-student counter protestors near UCLA, stalking them to interview them outside their homes, will have zero interest in the identity of these dangerous violent psychopaths.
Once again Jews are being attacked on the UCLA campus by Antisemitic thugs that are part of the protests. This time their target is the Chabad Rabbi.
Once again the press is overwhelmingly ignoring it.
Voting yes on the first three bills in the House foreign aid package (Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan) without supporting the fourth (SHIP/MAHSA/TikTok/repo) would be a huge mistake for House Dems.
"The international community failed the Iranian public in 2009. And it failed them again in 2015 ... Now Iranians are back out on the streets" writes
@davidhorovitz
via
@TimesofIsrael
"Their interests ... require that we support them."
As we witness Iranians get detained in Qatar for holding up their flag, note that the Iranian wrestling team will be in the US in Iowa in a month for the Wrestling World Cup
Expect to see Iranian Americans demonstrating how ppl protest in free countries.