Residents of Qusra, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, received threatening messages from settlers on Oct. 9. Two days later, armed settlers attacked their town, killing 3 Palestinians. Our investigation here:
....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!
While covering the various protests against police brutality nationwide, one incident in particular stood out to us. On June 1 in Philadelphia, a protest that began peacefully ended with police using tear gas and pepper spray on the crowd.
Se puede mirar en YouTube nuestra investigación visual sobre cómo las fuerzas de seguridad de
#Chile
han utilizado balas de perdigones contra manifestantes no violentos. También hemos incluido subtítulos en español. Por favor mira y dime lo que piensas.
Good morning to everyone except the Bon Appetit saffron crew. Legendary Iranian restaurant
@Sofreh_brooklyn
giving insight into the string of inaccuracies in BA’s neocolonial nightmare story:
From my friend in Tehran:
These days, young women without Hijab put these notes on our hands secretly in the streets as we walk without Hijab. The note reads “thanks for making the city more beautiful with your hair. Women, Life, Freedom.”
NEW:
Officials in Philadelphia announced a moratorium on the use of tear gas in the city and apologized for their response to a June 1 protest against police brutality.
The announcement came hours after we published our visual investigation
While covering the various protests against police brutality nationwide, one incident in particular stood out to us. On June 1 in Philadelphia, a protest that began peacefully ended with police using tear gas and pepper spray on the crowd.
Chants of میکشم، میکشم، آن که برادرم کشت - which roughly translates to "I will kill those who killed my brother." Protests in
#Iran
following the government admitting it shot down the Ukrainian airliner by mistake.
Outside Amir Kabir University
Chinese citizens are speaking out about the government’s attempts to control news about the deadly
#coronavirus
. They told us how they’re working around strict government censors to share vital information about the epidemic.
I've been monitoring the latest antigovernment protests in Iran. We verified these videos that show demonstrations spreading across the country and Iranians who are boldly protesting in the face of deadly crackdowns.
در روز ۳۰ سپتامبر در شهر زاهدان، واقع در استان سیستان و بلوچستان، دهها نفر طی چند ساعت کشته شدند. کشتهشدگان بین ۶۶ تا ۹۶ نفر تخمین زده میشوند. ما ویدئوها را راستیآزمایی کردیم و با شاهدین صحبت کردیم تا به شما تصویر کاملی از وقایع ارائه
کنیم.
Living in Brooklyn during the
#coronavirus
pandemic, I can hear two distinct noises: the wail of sirens and the songs of ice cream trucks. I wanted to find out more about who is delivering ice cream in the midst of a pandemic and why.
Met a man at a bar in South Carolina who, upon hearing I’m iranian, felt compelled to tell me that has a friend who named his dogs “Iran” and “Iraq.” It was a moment.
More than a thousand protesters begin marching. Shortly before 5 p.m., some of them enter the I-676 highway. We don’t see any signs of violence. Then the police move in to clear the road.
Drew Underwood was one of the protesters who was trapped on the hill while police were firing tear gas. He said he was shot in the face by a projectile fired by the police.
My hometown bakery in North Vancouver has closed. Amir Pasavand lost his wife and daughter in the plane crash in
#Iran
. Hoping this bakery reopens when Amir returns as I know our whole community will be there for him. (Photo via Tyler Milley) 🖤
I got this message from an Iranian journalist friend. This may be one of our last communications. They want to be heard so I’m posting this. I’m struck by their optimism as they look down at a 2 year jail sentence. I hope to meet you in Tehran again soon azizam 🖤🧿
Hours after we published our visual investigation into the June 1 protests in Philadelphia, the mayor and police commissioner announced a moratorium on the use of tear gas in the city on Thursday, and apologized for their response.
Protests have gripped
#Chile
, set off by a subway fare increase. We’ve been following the protests as they’ve grown to roughly one million people over the past few weeks.
El fotógrafo Rodrigo Palavecino Escobar recibió un disparo de perdigón a corta distancia mientras documentaba las protestas en Chile. Analizamos casos como este que evidencian cómo los fuerzas de seguridad utilizaron fuerza excesiva en las manifestaciones.
Anti-government protests in Iran that erupted in September have led to a brutal crackdown by security forces. Videos and interviews with witnesses show how security forces use ambulances to infiltrate protests and detain protesters.
Nonstop sirens all night last night. Saw my neighbor being taken away on a stretcher with a manual ventilator. And the first thing I hear this morning is more sirens.
On Sept. 30 in Zahedan, in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province, dozens of people were killed in several hours. Estimates range from 66 to 96 dead. We verified videos and spoke with witnesses to give you the full picture of what happened.
Confusing how / why Netflix immediately kicked off Kevin Spacey amidst harassment allegations but no action regarding Danny Masterson’s rape allegations.
yesterday Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi were falsely accused of being foreign agents trained by the CIA (& other foreign intelligence agencies) by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence & the IRGC.
Every time there’s beautiful space news, I’m reminded of when NASA JPL didn’t let me in to interview their scientist when I was there w VICE in 2017. They wouldn’t even let me film outside w a NASA sign in the background bc I’m born in Iran. What a vibe. And y’all I love space 🛸
Rodney King. Oscar Grant. Stephon Clark. Derek Chauvin’s trial reminds us that cycles of reckonings, protests and outrage are nothing new. Lora King, the daughter of Rodney King, was 7-years-old when her father was beaten by LAPD officers.
weeellllll I had to show proof of my MMR vaccine in order to go to Columbia in NYC... and other immunization proof in order to get a Green Card... so these ‘health papers’ are nothing new for a lot of us
For more than a century, Indigenous children in Canada were forced to attend residential schools. Thousands were never seen again and survivors were long ignored. The Muskowekwan First Nation invited us as it searched for the graves of their lost children.
The story behind
#Iran
's
#WorldCup
jerseys — upside down numbers, ripped jerseys & having to buy them from Adidas. Watch my latest to understand how
#TeamMelli
is impacted by sanctions:
More than 237 people have died from the
#coronavirus
in
#Iran
, one of the highest death tolls outside China. I tracked the timeline of the government’s response to understand what happened.
Protests are continuing in Iran despite reports of crackdowns and repression by the state for #مهسا_امینی. .
@heytherehaley
and I analyzed dozens of videos and spoke with experts to understand what insights videos circulating online contain.
ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION, this lil Iranian-Canadian finally got her green card.
between the pandemic slowing down immigration and just being an Iranian dual national... i thought this day would never come. but HERE I AM YALL!!!
In an interview, someone in Zahedan told me:
"We’re located in one of the most remote places. Not only do we not have access to satellite networks & proper media channels, the brutality and killings don’t get any international media coverage.”
Proud to see our story on A1 today
Four months into Iran’s uprising, protesters are still in the streets while authorities respond with violence & mass arrests.
@atthar_mirza
and I looked into one of the biggest centers of protests in the country—Sistan-Baluchestan province in the southeast
Gentle Friday night
#MEK
reminder: the MEK protests you’re seeing in DC aren’t showing a pro-democracy group. It’s a dissident cult with deep pockets and John Bolton has received at least 40K from them. Watch my report here:
Our latest on how today's electoral count turned into chaos.
As Congress met to certify the election results, Trump held a simultaneous rally. Watch these moments unfold side by side to see how his speech incited a mob that broke into the Capitol.
The US says medicine isn't sanctioned when it comes to Iran. While that is true, US restrictions on banking w/ Iran make it impossible for companies to do transactions with Iran to import medicine. Read my report from November here:
I interviewed Iranians who haven't been able to find their foreign-made medicine for the past 3 months in Iran. The US implementing strict banking restrictions & secondary sanctions means transactions with Iran are nearly impossible, making humanitarian trade impossible too.
The Trump administration says sanctions against Iran won't affect trade in humanitarian items, but Iranians are already seeing some medications become hard to get
Celebrating
#Nowruz
felt heavy but also important this year. Being a part of an ancient tradition that's 3000+ yrs old reminds me that there's regeneration & rebirth even in the darkest times. I wrote about Nowruz in the time of
#coronavirus
for
@nytimes
Shoutout tone deaf saffron article that fails to mention sanctions on Iran (
#1
global producer of saffron) & manages to reinforce neocolonialism in one fell swoop. Whew!! Impressive, honestly... Saffron politics. Check out Donna Honarpisheh’s much needed nuance & explanation:
I mean... no, that's incorrect. I spoke with Iranians who can't access medicine, doctors and drug importers who say quite the opposite. You can read more about what's going on in Iran here:
Shame on
#FakeNewsweek
for helping
@JZarif
spread lies. The truth is: the U.S. does not, and never did, sanction food and medicine. They are exempt from sanctions, as are financial transactions related to humanitarian needs.
Hoy expertas y expertos de la ONU condenaron el uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad en
#Chile
durante las recientes semanas de protestas. Se puede mirar en YouTube nuestra investigación visual sobre esto:
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
― Rumi, 13th Century Afghan Poet
سال نو مبارک 🌷🌱
What a surreal time to celebrate
#nowruz
but I feel so lucky to share my haftsin with
@heytherehaIey
and with my family digitally in Canada. Sending love to my beautiful people of Iran and hoping 1399 is better for us all 🇮🇷🌹
میدانم که اینترنت در #ایران قطع شده. اما من دارم ویدئویی برای نیویورک تایمز راجع به اعتراضات کار میکنم. اگر کسی ویدئویی داشت یا در اینستاگرام/تلگرام/توئیتر دید که مهم بود، لطفا با من تماس بگیرد.
#iranprotest
#Internet4Iran
#iran
Iran’s anti-government uprising has been marked by cycles of killing and mourning. As deaths pile up, funerals have become their own form of protest. We analyzed 18 cases of state violence at mourning events show a pattern of a fatal crackdown
Just wrapped an interview with Iran’s Foreign Minister
@JZarif
today. We discussed US-Iran relations and how Iranians in the country are feeling about this tense relationship.
Godfrey Robinson has driven his ice cream truck along the same route for 26 years. Though his business is down by more than half because of the pandemic, he’s out there, he says, to provide a sense of normalcy.
The reunion was emotional. When Ludin finally arrived around 1:30AM, her family ran towards her. They held each other and cried in the empty Boston airport as other travelers looked on. See the reunion:
بیش از چهار ماه از بازداشت #نیلوفر_حامدی و #الهه_محمدی گذشت.
روزنامهنگاران با شرافتی که برای انجام وظیفه خود در زندان هستند.
#روزنامه_نگاری_جرم_نیست
#روزنامه_نگاری_زاده_آزادی_است
#JohnBolton
is out, just days before the UN General Assembly. Rumors are swirling that clearing Bolton out is a precondition for Trump-Rouhani talks. If you need a primer on Bolton's
#Iran
position, watch my piece here:
Despite what Sec. Pompeo says, US
#sanctions
on
#Iran
are impacting the availability of medicine. I spoke with Iranians who can't get medicine, doctors and drug importers to bring you the story of the reality on the ground:
(Photo: Arash Khamooshi)
@heytherehaley
یک تم بصری دیگر: حمله معترضان به نمادهای دولتی.
@rezahakbari
کمک کرد به زمینهیابی این موضوع: انحلال جامعه مدنی در ایران باعث شده که شهروندان «آنقدر گزینههای زیادی نداشته باشند بجز توسل به حملات خشونتآمیز به ساختمانهای امنیتی و اداری. »
While the internet (beyond the usual suspects) still cares about Iran, here's an evergreen Iran meme — that time Khatami thought all Americans have knowledge abt 19th century French philosophy.
علیرغم گزارشها مبنی بر سرکوب توسط حکومت، اعتراضات همچنان در ایران ادامه دارد.
@heytherehaley
و من با بررسی دهها ویدیو و مشورت با تحلیلگران در این زمینه تلاش کردیم تا نکات مهم ویدیوهای بازنشر شده را دریابیم. #مهسا_امینی
My boyfriend of 2+ years took me out to see The Photograph last night and then broke up with me. And I’m down about all the usual stuff... but I... cannot wrap my head around why he took me out first. Is that a thing? Are men ok???
"Go back to where you came from" is a vile phrase many of us have heard for years. It came up again when President Trump used it to attack 4 Dem. congresswomen of color. We asked readers if they’ve been asked to "go back," and more than 16,000 responded.
What
@DHSgov
left out of its travel ban statement:
citizens from countries listed in travel ban killed exactly zero Americans in domestic terror attacks between 1975 and 2015
This N.Y.C. ice cream diary was a joy to make and it’s brought to you by myself,
@tiefenthaeler
and Noah Throop. Thanks to
@whitney_hurst
and
@markscheffler
for encouraging me to chase down an ice cream truck.
Very excited to share that I’ll be writing a book (!!!) for
@PantheonBooks
about the uprising in Iran. This feels incredibly surreal and I cant wait to get started 🧿🫶🏼
The Times analyzed and geolocated videos and photos showing ambulances entering or exiting police stations, or positioned just outside them, in at least six locations across the country.
Happy Father’s Day to my baba jaan who relocated our family and always gave us the freedom to choose our own paths. Counting down the days for my immigration limbo to be over so we can watch the BBC & play backgammon together again 💙
I wrote an essay on Hafez, Iranian identity and our dear poet’s guidance during uncertain times for
@GuernicaMag
. Thanks to
@bottomofthepot1
for her thoughts on this. As well you get to hear from my poetry ostads too:
A New Yorker, born and raised, Godfrey says he’s seen the entire city transformed by the pandemic. The hustle and bustle that gives New York its character has completely gone away.