Some personal news: It is my honor and pleasure to share that as of today, I am the new Tehran correspondent for
@France24_en
.
I look forward to cherishing this opportunity and I hope I can share with all of you the true Iran.
I thank my colleagues at F24 for the opportunity.
همه دروغه. بلاگرا به شما دروغ میگن. چه تو تبلیغ، چه تو استوریای روزمره عادی.
مثلا، میرن کربلا، بعد میگن همسرم هم قرار بود بیاد، در حالی که من از یه ماه قبلش مشخص بود مأموریتم و درگیر کارای ویزای خودم بودم و حتی بدون اجازه من رفت.
به خیال خودشون و خانوادهشون،
در کل، گول دروغای بلاگرا رو نخورید. چه تو تبلیغ، چه تو استوری، همیشه دارن دروغ میگن. تفاوت اینا اینه که ساعت ۱۲ میرن امامزاده علی اکبر چیذر که برای هیئت ساعت ۵ جا بگیرن، و بعد دروغ میگن.
اسلامشون هم تلفیقیه. مثلا لاک ایراد نداره، آرایش چند منی حلاله!
زندگی با یه بلاگر سخته، وقتی که هفت میلیون حقوق بگیری و برای «رشد پیج» مجبور باشی عین هفت میلیون رو پول تستر اسمگ بدی، چون اگر اسمگ نباشه که فایده نداره!
وقتی هم که بگی از پول خودت بده، بگه پول خودم و درآمد خودمه، هر کاری باهاش بخوام میکنم.
در کل، چیزی که توی اینستا میبینید،
دارن «فرهنگسازی» میکنن، ولی خب، همونطور که میبینید اینه فرهنگسازیشون. مثلا، شما رو میبرن بوکلند آواسنتر که براشون کتاب صورتی بخری که به کتابخونه بیاد، در حالی که کل چیزی که خوندن کتابهای درسی و دانشگاهی بوده. فکر میکنن جین ایر نویسندهاس و نه اسم کتاب :)د
مغزم داره منفجر میشه از این حجم توهین و تحقیر.
از حجم تمام اتفاقاتی که داره میافته برام، قضاوتها!
وقتی میگم بدون اجازه رفت، من اجازه محضری داده بودم. یعنی گفت برم؟ گفتم من راضی نیستم. ۲۵ ۳۰ میلیون پول هزینه کنی، و الان موقعیت خوبی نیست برای سفر. رفت!
@ImmersiveFar
سلام خانم فرنیا.
من روزی که شما اومدید درب منزل، بعد از رفتن شما از ماجرا مطلع شدم. نه از مبلغ طلا خبر داشتم، نه از اتفاقات قبل و بعد.
سر همون داستان کلی تهمت هم به خود من زد.
Initial thoughts on Khamenei's statement:
1/ Emphasis on the fact that Israel will be punished by "our brave men" screams retaliation from Iran, thus, ruling out responding through regional proxies.
#BREAKING
Iran, China, Saudi Arabia issue joint statement. According to the joint statement, Iran and KSA are obliged to reopen their embassies and resume diplomatic ties within two months.
🧵on Iran's elections and Pezeshkian's win:
1/ It's extremely foolish to expect instant, major reforms in Iran. Pezeshkian is no Harry Potter who could bring some relief for the people of Iran with some spell and a magic wand.
BREAKING: An informed Iranian source who spoke to me on the condition of anonymity just confirmed the NYT report about the $6b deal reached between Tehran and Washington. This just came after Iran's CBI chief said good news on unfreezing Iran's assets abroad is to be announced.
4/ The statement is, in a way, clever. Emphasis on the Iranian revenge is a way for Khamenei to say that Tehran bears no responsibility for any action committed by any Resistance Front movement.
3/ This is the first time that Khamenei has specified "who" should take the revenge. Seems to be a message to Iranian military forces to prepare options for retaliation.
2/ Tone of the statement seems harsh. The SL had never specified "who" would respond. Looking back at his message on Soleimani's assassination, he said: "A harsh revenge is pending," but did not specify who would take the revenge.
A current and a former diplomat told me that Iran paid the total price for the Su-35 jets to Russia back in Rouhani's 2nd term, but the Russians haven't delivered the jets yet.
Read the full report here.
Special thanks to
@yarbatman
and
@BourseBazaar
.
#BREAKING
Iran, China, Saudi Arabia issue joint statement. According to the joint statement, Iran and KSA are obliged to reopen their embassies and resume diplomatic ties within two months.
حالا این که ترجمهاس، ولی من وقتی داداشم غرق شد و پیکرش رو از آب گرفتیم و بعد از سه روز برگشتیم خونه، رفتم توی کشوی میزش لابهلای یادداشتهای درسیاش یه برگه پیدا کردم روش نوشته بود «وصیتنامه».
توی اون وصیتنامه یه جمله آخرش نوشته بود که سعید، تو بازی سیو شده من توی...
It's 3:18 in the morning in Tehran. Everything is quiet. Suspiciously quiet, I'd say. I'm unaware of any preparations for a strike or a military operation. We still have an hour and ten minutes to the timeframe mentioned in Egyptian NOTAM.
Haniyeh was staying at Sa'adabaad Complex, along with other foreign guests who attended President Pezeshkian's inauguration ceremony, sources told me, adding that the attack might have been carried out with a quadcopter.
Special thanks to
@mashabani
👇
Many outside Iran are completely misled about the dynamics of the political system in Iran. Yes, Iran's FM, Defense Minister, Intel Minister, Interior Minister, and Culture Minister should be approved by SL, yet, there are MANY things the president can do.
Again, a reminder that despite Pezeshkian having the title of "president" he will have little power in an Islamic Republic run by the Supreme Leader and the IRGC.
I could go through one-by-one the powers that the President technically has in the IR (e.g. presenting a list of
What I know so far from the current developments:
1. CENTCOM chief has left Israel.
2. Drones fired from Kermanshah.
3. Haifa is the most probable target.
A female journalist told Pezeshkian that in order to get to the venue of the presser, she had to pass several alleys to avoid the morality police. Pezeshkian's response: The morality police is still bothering people? I will follow this up. They were supposed to stop.
PES 2006 رو ادامه بده و حواست باشه فرناندو تورس رو بخری. من اون وسط بین اشک و لبخند بودم، ولی تا دو سال جرات نکردم دست به پلی استیشن بزنم...
روحها همیشه باهاتن...
I just opened Instagram without a VPN. Numerous users have reported that they've had the same experience. Pezeshkian is off to a good start, if he has managed to lift restrictions on Instagram. Looking forward to the day X is unbanned.
Interesting new details of Iran's strike on Israel, this time from a mid-level guy: Secretary General of International Conference to Support Palestine's Intifada says Swiss Charge d'Affairs was summoned at 3am, Sunday, to the IRGC headquarters to convey a message to U.S.
Contrary to what many Iran analysts in the West may think, I have multiple reasons to believe that the Supreme Leader and his office are resolutely backing president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian.
#UAE
calls for restraint and to halt escalation in the region
The UAE expresses its deep concern over the developments that the region has witnessed over the past few days, and has called for a halt to the escalation and to avoid exacerbating tensions and instability in the
🧵
A few pointers on Iran-Saudi rapprochement.
1. China cannot claim full credit for this agreement. The talks began 2 years ago with Iraq's mediation. Former Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi personally strived to make bring Tehran-Riyadh views closer.
5/ Azerbaijan and Turkey will continue their economic relations with Israel. In the expert meeting prior to the OIC heads of state meeting, the Azeri and Turkish MFA experts rejected Iran's proposal. Erdogan views the Israeli investment as too good to be severed.
Believe it or not, there are still "some" Iranian officials who do not seek a full-fledged war with Israel and are advising the high-ranking officials against targeting Tel Aviv or direct missile attacks on Israel.
Per a Tasnim report, the removed inspectors were German and French, and their clearances were revoked because of Berlin and Paris' role in issuing the joint statement against Iran after the September BoG meeting.
This is Serious. “With today’s decision, Iran has effectively removed about one third of the core group of the Agency’s most experienced inspectors designated for Iran.”
چطوری روتون میشه از #پررویی_نجومی و دروغگویی و خیلی چیزای این آقای تانک دفاع کنید!؟!؟!؟!؟ کاری نکنید شک کنیم پروژه بگیر شهرداری هستید!! در مورد زاکانی خیلی حرف دارم که بزنم، بعدا خیلی چیزا دارم بگم. فقط عجالتا نرخ هنوز خبری 200 هزار تومنه یا بیشترش کردن؟
2/ However, we in Iran could hope for some ease of restrictions. Although the President does not have "full" control to lift restrictions on the internet and hijab, he plays a pivotal role as the Chairman of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
Also, the next presidential elections will be held in the next 50 days, said the head of the Internal Affairs Committee of the Iranian Parliament. This means the Supreme Leader has greenlighted Mokhber to assume presidential authorities.
Due to the current situation, the parliament will not hold an open seccion tomorrow. The closing ceremony of the 11th Majlis & the inaguration ceremony of 12th Majlis will not be held in the usual manner, said a member of the parliament presidum.
🧵on possible Iran's presidential election nominees
1/ Registration for presidential elections will open on Thursday and close on Monday. Here is a quick roundup of all I know who are in/out of the race. Important to remember these are early projections & we will have to wait.
4/ Projecting Pezeshkian's cabinet as a 3rd Rouhani administration is not entirely true. Pezeshkian's cabinet will likely have some surprises, including a possible female First Vice President. Head of Reformist Front Azar Mansouri is being assessed for that role.
In my latest for
@StimsonCenter
, I argue that psycho-ops are a part of Iran's revenge, and the one and only
@NicoleGrajewski
offers great insight as to why a war in the Middle East is not beneficial to Russia.
Read more 👇
Told
@cnni
and
@EleniGiokos
yesterday that people are casting "votes of rejection." People said no to the radical views that have been governing Iran for the past 3 years.
3/ I understand that Pezeshkian is planning to make some changes in the SNSC to pave the way for some domestic reforms. I won't speculate now, but I have heard some exciting news in that area.
🧵
1/ Iran's proposed FM Abbas Araghchi is now explaining his foreign policy plans to MPs.
Here are a few pointers from his agenda:
1. "Resistance Diplomacy" will be the focal point of Pezeshkian's government.
Tehran's airspace is NOT clear, I can tell you that for sure. Just counted the number of planes passing over my house in the past 40 minutes. Guess how many? Six!
7/ In foreign policy, Iran's first priority under Pezeshkian is to join the FATF Charter in order to "fully implement" the 25-year long-term strategic cooperation document with China.
8/ He will also ask for a more broad revision of the Iran-Russia long-term strategic cooperation document, which is being written. My guess is that he will keep the diplomatic channels with the U.S. open, but won't take major actions before the U.S. elections.
5/ Pezeshkian is also planning to pick cabinet ministers who are on his side when it comes to issues like morality police, internet restrictions, etc. Presidential hopeful Mostafa Pour Mohammadi is also being evaluated as a possible Interior Minister.
This is particularly interesting, because Hamas officials usually stay in the Hamas political representation building in Tehran. The fact that he chose to stay at a special residence for war veterans clears IRGC duty to protect him, leaving it at the hands of Martyrs Foundation.
Iranian state media: "The assassination of Haniyeh occurred around 2 AM Iran time, he was staying in a special residence for war veterans in Tehran
@Reuters
Statement on My Journalistic Mission
I work as a foreign policy journalist. I tell the truth regardless of ideological affiliations or the sources I get my scoop and confidential data from. This is what I did and I do from here on regardless of the news agency I work for.
Commander of Iran's nuclear sites' security service says if Israel plans to use the threat of striking Iran's nuclear site, Iran might re-evaluate its nuclear doctrine and cross the red lines announced.
This is, again, a hardliners' push to go full-nuke.
فوری/سردار حق طلب فرمانده سپاه حفاظت و امنیت مراکز هسته ای #ایران:اگر رژیم جعلی صهیونیستی بخواهد از تهدید حمله به مراکز هستهای برای تحت فشار قرار دادن ایران استفاده ابزاری کند،تجدید نظر در دکترین و سیاستهای هستهای ایران و عدول از ملاحظات اعلامی گذشته محتمل است
#اسرائيل_إرهابية
معاون اسبق ستاد امر به معروف: تداوم فیلترینگ اینستاگرام و واتساپ خلاف «قانون اساسی» است!
محمد صالح مفتاح:
🔹تداوم فیلترینگ اینستاگرام و واتساپ بر اساس تصمیم شورای امنیت کشور در تضاد با اصل ۷۹ قانون اساسی است، البته بسیاری از محدودیت های بلند مدت که در زمان کرونا هم از سوی/۱ 🔽
همسایه بغلی که معرف حضورتون هستن، پارتی گرفتن :)))
شنونده «دکتر جون دکتر»، «عشقم زده به سرم» و تنوع زیادی از آهنگهای شیش و هشت هستیم :)))
فقط دیجی اعصاب نداره خیلی تند تند آهنگ عوض میکنه.
My latest: IRGC sources told
@theipaper
that Iran’s response to Israel may come no later than Tuesday or Wednesday. 👇
Special thanks to
@emmareyn
for being patient with me.
I maintain my utmost respect for
@farnazfassihi
and the job she is doing at NYT, but I broke the story first at
@amwajmedia
, which has nothing to do with IRGC.
Iran's IRGC media is promoting the narrative that a missile or drone attack killed Hamas leader Haniyeh. Same media also lied for three days saying Ukrainian Airline crashed from technical error and not missiles & misreported Israel's assassination of nuclear chief Fakhrizadeh.
برادرم خارج از ایران فوت کرد. وقتی برگشتیم ایران تمام دغدغه پدرم این بود که بتونه قبر خوب پیدا کنه، لجستیک مراسم سر خاک، رستوران سوم و هفتم و چهلم و اینا...
یه عزاداری درست خانواده ما نداشت.
یکی دیگه از رسومات مزخرف ما ایرانیها، آوار شدن روی سر خانواده متوفی. اونهم با این خرج و قیمتهای کمرشکن. حالا شما چند شبانهروز در منزل خانوادهی مرحوم، شام و ناهار نخوری، نمیشه؟ بیچارهها به فکر غصه خود باشن یا شکم شما؟ برو تسلیت بگو و چایی بخور و برگرد خب.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was speaking at a ceremony on the occasion of Welfare Day in Iran, and a cute kid was running around on the stage. When officials wanted to bring him down, the president said: "Leave the kid do what he likes. God wants them to be free."
میخواستم بازی پرسپولیس النصر رو ببینم، دیدم نیازی نیست، همسایه بغلی صدا رو تا ته زیاد کرده، واکنشهاش هم نشون میده که موقعیت خطرناک داریم اصلا یا نه :)))))
To those who think this election hardly changes anything or it is engineered, I'd say you don't know what's happening on the ground in Iran. This election could be anyone's game, and whether who takes office or not greatly affects our situation.
I've often found arguments around "planned" elections to be unconvincing.
Very little of this seems planned; all six of these candidates want to be president and they're going to stay in, regardless of whether it makes tactical political sense.
9/ Little by little, we can expect some minor refinements in the status quo that would benefit the people. But that depends on Pezeshkian's picks. LOTS of former officials have reached out to him for posts, but he has said he needs time to review several profiles.
Reports of an extraordinary SNSC meeting at the Leader's Office is true. Parliament Speaker Qalibaf left the building 20 minutes ago to attend the session, as I understand.
آقای وزیر خارجه، آقای سخنگوی محترم! بیدار شید لطفا. صبح جمعه شده، به سفارت باکو تو ایران هم حمله شده، کشته هم داشته!!
واکنش بدید تا بیشتر از این به انزوا نرفتیم!!
Among the (many) conspiracy theories Jalili fans are spouting, I find this one the funniest: Raisi's helicopter crash was a job done by the Mossad in coordination with Azeri and Turkish Intel services in order to bring Pezeshkian to power!
First article of 2024: I explore China's limits as a diplomatic powerhouse in the ME, with particular reference to the recent tensions between Iran & Pakistan.
Great insights by
@fan_hongda
and thanks to
@mashabani
and
@amwajmedia
for giving me a chance.
I hear that Iran will soon hold a comprehensive military drill in its northeastern borders, as a show of force to Baku and Moscow. Iran has toughened its political positions on Russia backing Azerbaijan regarding the Zangezur Corridor.
In my latest for
@theipaper
, I argued that senior military commanders in Iran are now calling for a 'definite response'. This has a more nuanced and complicated meaning that the 'revenge' and 'retaliation' called for previously.
Read more here 👇
6/ Having opposed morality police on national TV, Pour Mohammadi can lift the executive orders issued by incumbent Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi regarding hijab crackdowns.
He says the last phone call was made by the Egyptians 3 hours before the operation, "begging Iran not to go through with it."
Says Saudi AWACS aircrafts were involved to intercept Iranian missiles.
BREAKING: Iran has issued a NOTAM (flight operations notice) for the center, west, and northwest of the country, advising aircraft to change their routes - TJP
In my latest for
@StimsonCenter
, I argue that the religious community of Iran are dissatisfied with the status quo. Many thanks to the great
@barbaraslavin1
Saudi Arabia finally agreed to hold Iran's presidential elections for the Hajj pilgrims and Iranians residing in KSA. Polling stations are established in Mecca and Medina.
2nd round of parliamentary elections ended in Iran, and the participation rate was not released. However, Farhikhtegan, a conservative newspaper reported that the turnout in Tehran was 8%.
This is an unprecedented figure in the history of the Islamic Revolution.
سلام خانم تک فلاح. من گذاشتم از جو توهین ها بگذره و منصفانه نقد کنم تا شما نقد من رو هیجانی برداشت نکنین.
بعد از خوندن مصاحبه خانم علم الهدی با نیوزویک، همچنان در تلاشم بفهمم «کنش هوشمندانه در دیپلماسی عمومی» کجا بود؟
چرا مصاحبه همسر رئیس جمهور ایران با #نیوزویک زیر ذره بین رسانههای تروریستی رفته است؟
چون جوامع مهاجم به فرهنگ اسلامی-ایرانی دروغ بزرگ خودشان را باور کردهاند.
این مصاحبه کنشی هوشمندانه در #دیپلماسی_عمومی ما با رویکرد جنسیتی در سطح بینالملل بود.
#خانواده محور همه تحولات است
Important meeting ongoing with the attendance of Saeed Jalili, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Mohsen Rezaei, and IRGC Quds Force Commander Esmaeil Qa'ani to convince either Jalili or Qalibaf to withdraw. There will be an outcome in the coming hours. Watch this space.
Another interesting fact that he mentions is that Iran had never faced the Iron Dome and Arrow system before, so they had trouble planning and executing the operation.
He says the first wave of drones flew at 7:30-8pm Iran time.