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Ronak Daneshmand

11 months

For non-Iranians following me, including @MriyaReport listeners, here's a picture at a mosque inside Iran. A picture is worth 1000 words. The Iranian people refused to put their shoes on Israeli or US flags. #IsraelUnderAttack #IRGCterrorists #MAHSAAct #S2626

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 years

@vamelina Also...Iranian people as we speak are protesting to liberate their country from a Moscow backed regime. Iranian people love Ukrainian people. Please Tweet about our freedom struggle. Our struggle is your struggle. Free Iran = Free Ukraine. 💚🤍❤️ 💙💛

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 months

@BahiraR @gghamari @NokhaDakroub You called Hezbollah the "Islamic Resistance" in this Tweet. I guess you have the same fetish and love for Hezbollah as Nokha does.

Bahira Abdulsalam PhD PEng د بهيره عبد السلام

@BahiraR

8 months

🇱🇧Many incidents on the Lebanon-Occupied Palestine border Hezbollah: - The Islamic Resistance targeted enemy artillery positions in Khirbet Ma’ar with missile weapons and causing direct hits there. - Our mujahideen targeted the vicinity of the occupation’s Al-Marj site with

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

There is a new wave of nationwide strikes in Iran. Join, support, & share about strikes similar to the 1980s Polish Solidarity strikes. From Gdansk shipyards to Abadan oilfields, the road to political & economic freedom leads west. #IranNationwideStrikes #NAFO #اعتصابات_سراسری

Arash Hampay آرش همپای

@ahampay

1 year

A new wave of nationwide strikes has started in Iran. Join the strikes. Support the strikers. Share the news of the strikes. #IranNationwideStrikes #اعتصابات_سراسری

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 month

@Saul_Sadka Iranian Kurd here. Your analysis neglects: 1) inter-ethnic marriage & how some people define their ethnicity based on the father's or paternal grandfather's side of the family. 2) ethnic minorities in IRGC, including Kurds 3) a person's sect matters more than ethnicity in Iran

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 months

@NokhaDakroub @fordnation @gghamari You just called Iranian people protesting their government disgusting. Because that photo is from anti-gov protest inside Iran in 2019. Congrats, you racist. Apparently, to you, Iranians shouldn't protest the regime funding armed groups elsewhere unless they ask you first. 🙄

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

As a Georgian who called & met with Buddy Carter's office on a regular basis & gathered support from both Iranian & Ukrainian constituents in his district, I'm proud to announce first cosponsor of #HR589 outside of Atlanta. Thank you @RepBuddyCarter @HellmannNatalie #MAHSAAct

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Update: #MAHSAAct #HR589 has just passed in the House. Out of 413 members, 410 have voted yes. 3 voted no. Rules were suspended, so 2/3 was a pass. The Senate is our next battle but at least we have a Senate companion bill S.2626. @SenateForeign #NAFOfellas #مهسا_امینی

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Mahsa Jina Amini was murdered by the Islamic Republic regime in #Iran . They never intended to respect human rights (women, or anyone else) or Iran's national interest, & can't reform. Toppling the‌ 1979 system was a mistake. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی #جاویدشاه #شاهنشاه_روحت_شاد

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

. @HillelNeuer : a history lesson from me, an Iranian-American of Kurdish origin. The real map of 1920 Treaty of Sevres. It didn't include #Iran . Neither did 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. The 1639 Treaty of Qasr-e-Shirin determined which country is family's homeland. Yes, 400 years ago.

Hillel Neuer

@HillelNeuer

1 year

On this day 100 years ago, the Allied Powers and Turkey signed the Treaty of Lausanne, killing Kurdish self-determination. Why has the U.N. Human Rights Council adopted some 100 resolutions on the Palestinians, and 0 for the Kurds? @ejiltalk @LoqmanRadpey

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 years

@castletongreene Iranians have shown a lot of support too. Our fate is most dependent on Ukraine succeeding since the Islamic Republic government just asked Russia for "help" to quell the uprising/freedom movement in Iran.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

I am pleased to see that Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member @SenatorRisch Senator Risch is the first Republican to cosponsor Senate companion bill #S2626 to #HR589 #MAHSAAct . Thank you Senator! Let's use the hashtag #S2626 for the Senate companion bill please.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Today, a Ukrainian-American who, with me, met with our rep for #MAHSAAct sent me a photo from eastern #Ukraine . People with family at the front received the cards I wrote Ukrainian soldiers in Ukrainian thanking them for their service. It made their day. #SlavaUkraini #MahsaAmini

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Sadly, it's not April Fool's Day. It's real. Tell me @UConnHRI would you have invited a Putin/Stalin apologist? How is this different? Clearly Iranians are supposed to silence freedom ambitions to "preserve global oil supply/prices", right? #IranLobby #IranRevoIution #No2IRLobby

Sara Silverstein

@SilversteinProf

1 year

Tomorrow, 4/14, @UConnHRI #UConnRPH is delighted to host @timothynunan as our 2023 Magnet Scholar. Join us at 12:30 for his lecture: "Lighting a Candle for Khomeini: How the Human Rights Movement Transformed the Islamist Movement in the Long 1970s"

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

5 months

For those who are curious: total solar eclipse over #Iran on March 20, 2034. In 10 years. 100% complete cover of the sun over Shiraz & Cyrus the Great's tomb, on a key Nowruz holiday. I hope Iran is free by then so this will be a *massive* gift to tourism!

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 months

Thank you @MAmirizadeh Iranian-Americans, see the picture below. Kamala Harris at the Women's March with Yasmine Taeb & Negar Mortazavi. Yasmine & Negar's deep ties to the Islamic Republic of Iran's regime lobby in the US are well known. Vote accordingly #IraniansStandWithIsrael

Marziyeh Amirizadeh مرضیه امیری زاده

@MAmirizadeh

2 months

Kamala Harris; “We will fight against anti-Muslim rhetoric. We are going to fight for our Muslim brothers and sisters.” With two well know Iranian exported agents of the Islamic regime beside her in red (from NIAC) as her advisors and supporters who always lobby for the

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

US envoy for Iran Rob Malley has security clearance suspended & is on unpaid leave. @RepMcCormick , as a Georgian, I request that you ask the House Foreign Affairs Committee to please #SubpoenaMalley & investigate unlawful behavior. #CorruptIranPolicy

US envoy for Iran has security clearance suspended amid probe

Rob Malley was leading Biden administration’s efforts to revive faltering Iran nuclear deal

www.independent.co.uk

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 years

After calling @RepColinAllred 's office & being told there are no #MAHSAAct cosponsor updates, I mentioned the chemical attacks in Iran, with 4 dead, & children screaming "I can't breathe". Response? "Can we have your zipcode?" I'm at a loss. #IranChemicalAttacks @ColinAllredTX

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Yes. @GerryConnolly either listen to your constituents, or be transparent about the real reason for not doing so: you don't support any real pressure on Islamic Republic. Even if it means making foreign policy yet another partisan football & enabling our adversaries. #MAHSAAct

Nick Nikbakht

@nickbot21

1 year

Congressman @GerryConnolly ’s excuses is an insult to the intelligence of Iranian Americans. How can so many of your colleagues co-sponsor #MAHSAAct HR 589 to sanction office of terrorist leaders in Iran that contains those who commit crimes against humanity, yet you have excuses?

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

11 months

On the anniversary of the Hungarian revolution against communist USSR that started on October 23, 1956, I am happy to repost your picture & your people. I sympathize with your people not getting much attention from outside media or masses, just like our people don't #freeHungary

SzabadonMagyarul 🇬🇧🇭🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺

@SzabadonMagyar

11 months

It is unbelievable, how the whole media in Hungary and over is so freakin quiet about the massive protest against the Orban-regime. You can't find a single video and barely a couple of pictures. Shame 😣

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

@USJewishDems I'm an Iranian-American and I do not agree with this assessment. Two US nationals were left behind, plus giving money creates incentives to take more people hostage. Now Iran has taken 3 more western nationals hostage, including a Swedish assistant to EU parliament.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 years

As a former Hoosier, lifelong Dem & Iranian-American, I want @IndianaUniv to know Rob Malley doesn't speak for me. I condemn @POTUS and @robmalley44 #Iran policy. Biden's "nuclear deal at all costs" policy is getting our people killed & gassed. #MahsaAmini #IranLobby #مهسا_امینی

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

7 months

Mohammad Reza Shah in Kermanshah (Kirmashan in Kurdish language), 1962, with land reform documents. He didn't believe in the "freedom" to live under rich feudal landowner overlords that are the "right" ethnicity. My people had a passport, yet they weren't fleeing to Europe.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

I just called the DC offices of @SenOssoff & @SenatorWarnock @ReverendWarnock to, as a Georgian constituent & lifelong Democrat, express my concern over the $6 billion dollars released to the regime in Iran for 5 Americans. This only encourages future hostage taking. #MahsaAmini

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

9 months

Is the US media going to cover the labor strike of iron workers in Iran's 3rd largest city? Or will they, through silence, prevent the US voting public from seeing an alternative (other than deal or war)- the alternative of helping the Iranian people themselves expel the regime?

Cassandane کاساندان

@CassandaneIran

9 months

Esfahan- Iran #IRGCterrorists have attacked the calm worker protesters. On the second day of the strike and protest gathering of iron smelting factory workers, the savage forces of the IRGC entered the factory and attacked the protesters. #IraniansOnStrikeAndProtest

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 months

Thank you Liza. I appreciate the voices of Israelis like you who tell Americans the truth about my people in Iran. Yes, my family refuses to step on Israeli and American flags also. Best wishes to you. 💙🤍 #IraniansStandWithIsrael

Liza Rosen

@LizaRosen0000

2 months

Iranian students at Tehran's Beheshti University refused to step on US and Israeli flags that the Ayatollah regime painted on the ground. For the people of Iran who suffer brutal Islamic oppression, these flags symbolize Western values including liberty

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

A US tanker was seized by #IRGCterrorists in Persian Gulf international waters today. This is the direct result of delay, inaction & non-transparent deals behind closed doors @RepMeeks & @RepMcCaul . When is security more important than a consensus that ignores reality? #MAHSAAct

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

8 months

@kyrixermis @BahthZman I'm an actual Iranian Kurd who knows plenty of Iranian Lurs and has actually visited that area. Iranian Lurs do NOT consider themselves Kurds. People who do not live within Iran's actual borders and haven't visited the country, should ask those who actually do & have.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

. @mehdirhasan implies diaspora Iranians shouldn't prioritize publicizing oppression in Iran where their loved ones live over countries where they don't live. Why? That's "selective & politicized". Mehdi, this isn't the "slam dunk" you think it is. Sit down #IranLobby #مهسا_امینی

Mehdi Hasan

@mehdirhasan

1 year

@AlirezaNader I support the people of Iran and Palestine, and I have the receipts to prove it. You only claim to support the former, not the latter. Which tells us all about your selective and politicized approach to human rights abroad. But thanks for your (faux) concern.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

I've got an idea @ZelenskyyUa . Why don't you lobby our US Congress to pass #MAHSAAct pressuring the gov of Iran? I assure you truck workers in Iran on strike this week,& Iranian people risking death to protest aren't the problem, & in the diaspora we support them. #HR589 #NAFO

KyivPost

@KyivPost

1 year

President #Zelensky appealed to the people of Iran not to become complicit in the Russian war: “When an Iranian drone kills a pregnant Ukrainian girl and her husband in their home, what do you want? When your #Shahed hits a dormitory with our students, people die, a fire starts,

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

10 months

Iranian-American here from a Kurdish Muslim family in middle America with few other Iranians. I took ham out of my school lunch & didn't drink. My devout Muslim mom & I don't hate Islam or Muslims. We just don't want it in a country's politics or shoved down people's throats.

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@tinaagain

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I think one of the most annoying demographics talking rn about Palestine is those weird Iranian girls who probably live in California being so anti Palestinian and pro Israel because they hate Islam so bad

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Thank you @SenMarcoRubio 's office for meeting with me & others, & for introducing, w/ @SenAlexPadilla , a Senate companion bill to #HR589 #MAHSAAct . Today, of all days, was a symbolic day to introduce it. Well done activists. Senators, please don't forget Saman Yasin #FreeSaman

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Good evening @RepMcCormick . As a Georgian, I join with others to respectfully request you to please support Congressman @CoryMillsFL 's amendment in HFAC markup meeting tomorrow for #HR589 to preserve the strength of the original bill. Thank you! #MAHSAAct #MAHSAActKeepItIntact

Emily

@emilyshar1

1 year

As another member on HFAC and a representative in Florida beside @CoryMillsFL ‘district, @michaelgwaltz I hope we can count on you to vote on Rep Mills amendment in tomorrows mark up for HR 589 in order for the bill to not get weakened! #MAHSAAct

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Congressman @RepMcCormick , I'm afraid you're in no position to give lip service about terrorism if you're not also going to meaningfully pressure a regime that funds it & ships weapons to Hamas & Hezbollah. Cosponsor the #MAHSAAct . Actions over words please. #HR589 @11AliveNews

Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD

@RepMcCormick

1 year

This is the same language used by terrorists who, at this very moment, are trying to kill Israelis and deny their nation's right to exist. It is revolting to see this hatred hosted in Congress.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

I requested a meeting today with @SenatorTimScott 's office about pressuring the regime in #Iran , #MAHSAAct . As a volunteer for Ukraine aid since April 2022, I welcome Ukrainian-Americans or #NAFOfellas in South Carolina to join me. @Chs4Ukraine #HR589 #NAFO #NAFOfellas

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

11 months

For anyone interested in current legislative bills in the US related to the Islamic Republic regime in #Iran , here is the link to @RepMcCaul 's markup session today. Includes #Hamas & oil sanctions, drones, etc. Bill & res list, plus markup session link.👇

HFAC Markup on Various Measures - Committee on Foreign Affairs

MARKUP OF: H.Res. 559, Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable; H.R. 340, To impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for...

foreignaffairs.house.gov

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

Attention, all Iranian-Americans who don't support the Islamic Republic in #Iran . Please call your representative's DC office *today*. Ask them to vote YES on #HR589 #MAHSAAct . NIAC is lobbying against it. House vote is TODAY. Call now لطفا به نمایندگان زنگ بزنید. #مهسا_امینی

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

. @Princeton alums, please write to the dean to ask him to reconsider hiring Robert Malley who is under FBI investigation after having his clearance revoked for giving classified info to our adversaries. Free speech is one thing, a FBI investigation is another. #NoProfessorMalley

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 years

Update as of a minute ago from Representative Jim Baird's office in Indiana: they confirmed that they are in contact with Jim Banks' office. The congressman likes to read things before officially signing on. We will be hearing some news very soon. Proud Hoosier! #MAHSAAct #HR589

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

As a Hoosier native who pushed many of Baird's own constituents to call, I am pleased to announce (confirmed from his foreign policy staffer) that @RepJimBaird has decided to cosponsor #MAHSAAct . Thank you Congressman for representing your constituents & Hoosier values. #HR589

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

2 years

Oh really? Why aren't you broadcasting #SamanYasin 's pleas from prison? Or Fatemeh Sepehri's? Or Narges Mohammadi's? Now suddenly this one bargaining chip prisoner is so important to you? More than gassed schoolgirls? #IranLobby #MahsaAmini ‌ #IranChemicalAttacks

Christiane Amanpour

@amanpour

2 years

The saddest, bravest and most compelling interview I’ve done. Iranian-American Siamak Namazi’s heartbreaking plea from inside Evin prison.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

I'm really tired of Iranian defeatist culture. It's unfortunate so many expect anyone doing anything to fix all of Iran's problems, or it's a "waste of time". I could easily say Tweeting alone is a waste of time but I don't. I don't only want NIAC talking to Congress staff. Ok?

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

This is what Iranian-American celebrity @MazJobrani retweeted about while silent on the current administration's hostage deal that, for all practical purposes, amounts to ransom payment. Maz, others in our community who voted Dem in the past have spoken up. Why don't you?

Sherrod Brown

@SherrodBrown

1 year

🚨 BREAKING: New poll shows Sherrod Brown NECK AND NECK with potential GOP opponents in Ohio race that could decide Senate control! 🚨 Sherrod’s counting on YOUR SUPPORT to take the lead: Will you chip in now to keep the Senate blue?

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

I called Senator Ossoff's DC office. @SenOssoff @ossoff , as a constituent, I would like you to cosponsor Senate companion bill of #MAHSAAct #S2626 on the anniversary of #MahsaAmini 's killing in Iran while she was in the regime's police custody. Also, Shana Tova to you, Senator.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

لطفا صدای #سامان_یاسین باشید. Please be political prisoner and musician #SamanYasin 's voice so he can live and continue to share his musical gift with us. #زندانیان_سیاسی #ژن_ژیان_ئازادی

Dream Shadow

@DREAM_SHADOW0

1 year

ما دیگه نمی‌ترسیم ما ازتون عبور کردیم ما صدای او هستیم #سامان_یاسین #FreeSaman

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@ronak_banoo

2 years

I'm going to add that not a single Iranian doctor in or out of #Iran was interviewed for this story. Nor were any pictures published of girls in hospitals with gas masks over their faces. Ironically, the story was in the "reality check" section. #MahsaAmini #IranianRevolution

Nazanin Nour

@NazaninNour

2 years

A guy in this BBC article suggests these may not be chemical attacks, rather “mass hysteria” and “anxiety.” How does he know patients recovered quickly? How does he know there aren’t lingering symptoms? Is he in touch with 1000+ schoolgirls in Iran? What a crock of sh*t.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

I just called Congressman Baird's @RepJimBaird office. My message to Rep Baird & everyone on HFAC: please pass #HR589 as is, clean bill, with no amendments & no watering down or weakening of the bill. I have messaged his constituents to pass on this message as well. #MAHSAAct

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

To the Iranian-American community as a lifelong Dem, I say this: don't only focus on NIAC. Focus on anti-imperialist, anti-west ideology behind it & those who continue to promote it. Keep discrediting the ideology itself-NIAC has many flavors & faces. #IranRevoIution #MahsaAmini

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

HFAC @RepMcCaul , as a former Texan resident, & as an Iranian-American with family living in both Iran & eastern Europe near the border with Ukraine, thank you for supporting #MAHSAAct Please mark up bill #HR589 in HFAC for review immediately. Thanks. #CallMcCaul #SlavaUkraini

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Several years ago, my younger, more financially broke self campaigned against Ted Cruz. As an Iranian-American with family within driving distance of #Ukraine , I agree with Ted Cruz here, though I almost never do otherwise. #MAHSAAct #SlavaUkraini #NAFO #RussiaIsATerroristState

Senator Ted Cruz

@SenTedCruz

1 year

WATCH: I call out Secretary of State Blinken for funding both sides of the war in Ukraine.

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@ronak_banoo

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My dad's hometown in Iran hid Christians fleeing the Ottoman Empire during WWI. Yes, I would hide you. I'm Iranian-American from a Muslim family, & I would hide you. And I speak for all my immediate family. #wouldyouhideme #MahsaAmini #ArmitaGeravand

Daniella Greenbaum Davis

@DGreenbaum

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I grew up in a Holocaust home. My grandparents are survivors and refugees. My generation used to joke that we knew our friends from our acquaintances based on who would hide us. We’re not joking anymore. We’re really asking #wouldyouhideme ? If you’re a Jew, share this to ask

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. @RepMcCormick , you've neither cosponsored #MAHSAAct , nor has your office told me or your constituent on that correspondence the reason. Why? & why Tweet about victims of communism while tagging Islamomarxist orgs like MEK who operate under names "NCRI", "IAC...", etc? #HR589

Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD

@RepMcCormick

1 year

This is why we must stand in solidarity with the men and women of Iran who yearn for freedom. @iacogeorgia @iran_policy @LibertyIranian

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@ronak_banoo

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Here is a last minute text change of #MAHSAAct #HR589 . I am disappointed to see the wording diluted from "shall impose sanctions" to "shall pursue...". @RepMcCormick as a Georgian I request the original wording please. @RepMcCaul I'm very disappointed. #IranNationwideStrikes

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#RussiaIsATerroristState #IRGCterrorists I am so sorry, Ukrainians. Iranian people inside Iran didn't choose Islamic Republic's insane foreign policy & coordination w/Putin. @RepMcCormick this is terrorism. Please cosponsor #MAHSAAct & hold Islamic Republic accountable. #HR589

Christopher Miller

@ChristopherJM

1 year

Kyiv regional police report that Russia launched Iranian-made Shahed drones to attack the city. The explosion moments ago shook my building in central Kyiv. Unclear if a hit or air defense destroyed it.

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@ronak_banoo

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@kivijussi @gasandoilparty Exactly. It's about resources and greed. Near the Carpathian in the west is Moldova and the Russian-controlled "Transinistra" region. Already "liberated" I guess- from the ability to challenge Russia's Gazprom gas monopoly-and ability to control and blackmail Europe.

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@ronak_banoo

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The #MAHSAAct has been scheduled for a markup session in the Senate. #S2626

BUSINESS MEETING | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Executive Session on April 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM Additional items may be added...

www.foreign.senate.gov

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@ronak_banoo

2 years

Iranian, Ukrainian, & Syrian Americans! Call these reps to ask them to co-sponsor MAHSA Act HR 589. @RepGregoryMeeks 202-225-3461 @RepSaraJacobs 202-225-2040 @SydneyKamlager 202-225-7084 @RepColinAllred 202-225-2231 @RepSpanberger 202-225-2815 #MAHSAAct #SlavaUkraini

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Good afternoon @RepMcCormick , other Georgians & I, including folks in metro Atlanta, have called your office. I was informed by your chief of staff you are looking at the #MAHSAAct .We look forward to hearing soon about cosponsorship. Please keep the text & don't dilute #HR589

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@ronak_banoo

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@DonSamuelsMN Good evening Councilman Samuels. As an Iranian-American, I would like you to understand the regime's lobby in the US wants to make these anti-system protests in Iran *only* an issue about women's rights when in reality, people want to change the gov & system entirely.

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@ronak_banoo

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Just called @SenatorTimScott 's office. Told them I spoke with legislative staff in a local district office last week about #HR589 & am following up. Senator, please introduce a Senate companion bill to #MAHSAAct together with a Democrat from @SFRCdems . #MaximumSupport

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

A good interview by @navidmohebbi in Persian about how our Iranian diaspora advocacy can be helpful & productive. In Navid's view, Biden administration doesn't believe their policy has hit "rock bottom" yet & it's our job to pressure them. #IranRevolution #HR589 #MAHSAAct

ايران اينترنشنال

@IranIntl

1 year

ارزیابی نوید محبی، پژوهشگر در موسسه نوفدی از سیاست‌‌های دولت آمریکا در قبال جمهوری اسلامی

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Just spoke with a friendly staffer who has worked with the foreign affairs team in Senator (& Reverend) Warnock's DC office. As a constituent, I strongly encourage @ReverendWarnock @SenatorWarnock to cosponsor the #MAHSAAct Senate companion bill #S2626 . Thank you for your time.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Yes. First Beirut, then Buenos Aires, Jerusalem, Aleppo, Sanaa, now Kyiv. Will Taiwan be next? Don't give the Islamic Republic gov money. We know how it's going to get used. I don't need my family, or anyone else's, being the next hashtag. #MAHSAAct #HR589 #NoDealwithIR #NAFO

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Hello @RepFrenchHill . I called your office. We both agree Assad is a butcher. The Islamic Republic (IR) gov, along with Russia, is one of Assad's main backers. IR is easier to pressure. Please cosponsor #HR589 . Pressure on IR automatically pressures Assad. #MAHSAAct @syrianetf

French Hill

@RepFrenchHill

1 year

Last weekend, the Arab League readmitted Syria, led by #Assad , a documented war criminal and now transnational drug kingpin. In recent meetings with Jordan’s King Abdullah and Egypt’s President El-Sisi, I made the case that this decision was a mistake. @HouseForeignGOP

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@ronak_banoo

11 months

A masterstroke. Key points made: 1)Women's movement doesn't exclude anti-system movement. 2)The contributions of those the #NobelPeacePrize2023 & media don't give attention to are also valued. 3) This prize isn't a substitute for international pressure on the regime. #Iran

Reza Pahlavi

@PahlaviReza

11 months

Iranians are fighting for their freedom from the clutches of the brutal dictatorship of the Islamic Republic as they have been for 44 years. From this regime’s very first day it has especially attempted to subjugate, control, and humiliate Iranian women. The Norwegian Nobel

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

If your visit to "see family" (doing business with the IRGC?) puts us or people we love at risk, then we have a right to ask why your rights override everyone else's, & why you insist on being bailed out for your own decisions. #MahsaAmini #IranLobby #مهسا_امینی @RepMcCormick

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

1 year

. @SenateForeign @SenatorRisch , if, with actions & not just words, you hold the regime in Iran accountable & not just for nuclear issues, then maybe Americans like your former constituent won't get taken hostage. Please introduce a Senate companion bill to the #MAHSAAct #HR589

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member

@SenateForeign

1 year

This is not enough. The Biden Admin must use the tools Congress provided in the Levinson Act to punish those who wrongfully detain Americans and deter future hostage-taking. I will continue to advocate for Americans around the world who are wrongfully detained.

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@ronak_banoo

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@GLNoronha @FBI @DearbornPolice

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

No @RepRashida , you don't care about injustice or racism when Iranians are killed by their gov. Otherwise you'd speak up about the lack of coverage this gets due to Iran not being Europe. Why the silence? Because partisanship & lobbies told you to deal w/the regime at all costs

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

@RepRashida

1 year

I had the honor of renaming the Detroit Grand River Post Office after Mother Rosa Parks, alongside her family. Her legacy reminds us that we cannot remain silent when we encounter injustice, discrimination or racism. We must take a stand and speak out, even when our voice shakes.

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@ronak_banoo

6 months

As an Iranian-American, I cast my vote today in the Republican primary of a key US swing state. I cried. Images of family in Iran & the anti-Israel "anti-imperialists" Democrats chanting a few minutes away flashed in my head. I could not bring myself to give Biden a blank check.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

The only broken policy is yours, Senator. But if the goal is to cherry pick US nationals to release from Iran based on allegiance to this admin's Iran policy (Siamak Namazi) so they can donate to campaigns, I guess you call this money laundering a "success" #CorruptIranPolicy

Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

1 year

The Iran hawks who oppose the detainee deal just want Biden to continue Trump's broken Iran policy. What did "maximum pressure" get us? - more advanced Iranian nuclear program - Iran shooting as U.S. troops - more support for Iranian proxy armies Why continue a failed policy?

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Senator @ChrisMurphyCT , as an Iranian-American, I feel guilty to send pictures to my family in Iran of any huge meal at a restaurant because they told me they had to cut back on meat. I can assure you the regime in Iran is not giving the money to buy food & medicine.

Chris Murphy 🟧

@ChrisMurphyCT

1 year

This isn’t true and when you see Biden haters make this claim know it’s not in good faith. The $6B is Iran’s money that was frozen. It’s not being given to the regime as “ransom”. It’s being released under U.S. supervision to pay for medicine and food for Iranian people in need.

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@ronak_banoo

1 month

@EretzIsrael @lion_4_zion I remember this. Ekaterina Lobaznyuk, Russian national gymnastics team, doing her floor exercise event at the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney. That team was stacked with talented gymnasts who balanced athleticism with artistry.

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Ronak Daneshmand

@ronak_banoo

8 months

As an Iranian Kurd I consider it hypocrisy to attack the Pahlavis of Iran as dictators but to ignore that the KDP (Barzani), PUK (Talabani), & PKK (Ocalan) are today controlled by one person/family. Unlike the Pahlavis, these others today don't share a 1500 mile border with USSR.

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@ronak_banoo

4 months

I hope all the Hamas, Hezbollah, IRGC (Islamic Republic regime in Iran), & hammer & sickle flag wavers at these protests get arrested, with their mug shots plastered all over the Internet & universities sued. Sincerely, a silent majority of Americans tired of your nonsense.

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@ronak_banoo

8 months

The Reza Pahlavi faction overthrowing the Islamic Republic in Iran benefits everyone except: defense contractors, leftists, Islamists, those needing instant results & are worried about "the oil supply" or "Michigan swing state voters" in 2024, & those who are pro deal/appeasement

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Thank you @RepJimBanks . I have never been more proud to be a Hoosier native than now. Once a Hoosier, always a Hoosier. I'm proud to see Hoosier values such as common sense, respect for liberty, freedom of conscience, & love for country on display in this bill. #MAHSAAct #HR589

Jim Banks

@RepJimBanks

1 year

NOW: The House just voted to pass my bill the #Mahsa Act to sanction Iran’s Supreme leader and his inner circle! Saturday will mark one year since Iran’s “Morality Police” murdered 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

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@ronak_banoo

10 months

Hi @metpoliceuk . Just to clarify, this Lion & Sun flag has been Iran's traditional flag for thousands of years, with slight variation. It's not just a Pahlavi flag. It belongs to all Iranians regardless of politics, just like the UK's union jack belongs to all Brits #MahsaAmini

Metropolitan Police

@metpoliceuk

10 months

We often get asked about different flags on display at protests and what their meaning is. Our experts look out for offensive or proscribed flags belonging to banned groups. The below flag seen this afternoon is a Pro Iranian Monarchy flag & does not support a proscribed group.

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@ronak_banoo

2 years

I called the office of Congressman Collin Allred today about the #MAHSAAct . Staffer was very polite and took down my message. HR 589, 118th Congress. @RepColinAllred @ColinAllredTX #MahsaAmini #IranLobby

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@ronak_banoo

8 months

Normally I censor personal emotions on my posts here. But today, after the execution of #MohammadGhobadlou , I can't. This hero protested the Islamic Republic in Iran. He was politically sacrificed by the major powers in the name of "cheap oil", a "nuclear deal", & geography.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Americans, Europeans: if, today, you advocate for any kind of deal with Iran's current gov that gives them money, you're asking for more people to get butchered. The free world won't stay free with a "Europeans only" approach to supporting freedom struggles #MahsaAmini #MAHSAAct

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

As a Georgian, I wonder if Congressman @RepMcCormick & @RepLoudermilk , @DonBaconNE02 , all vets, would like to demand an explanation of why an agent of the regime in Iran who allowed assassinations to happen on his watch was allowed to give a speech to @US_STRATCOM ? #IranLobby

Robert Greenway

@RC_Greenway

1 year

Are we not giving the regime in Tehran and it’s surrogates enough money we had to pay this guy to speak to @US_STRATCOM ? I would not want to be the official that approved this and explain to @SASCGOP and @HASCRepublicans why taxpayers should fund and senior leaders give him an

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@ronak_banoo

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This is likely to be censored in the western media because the EU, Joseph Borrell, & the Biden administration don't want you to know the alternative to a "nuclear deal at all costs". *This* is the alternative. #MaximumSupport for the Iranian people against the IR. . @DanLinnaeus

Cassandane کاساندان

@CassandaneIran

7 months

Nothing is normal inside Iran, peaceful Civil Disobediences against the totalitarian terrorist regime continue vastly from every corner of Iran. Strikes by the national workers of steel industry of Ahvaz. Today 28.01.2024 #KingRezaPahlavi #IranNationwideStrikes

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

As an Iranian-American lifelong Democrat living in a key swing state, my thoughts about 2024 elections in a thread here. 1) others in our community need to realize this administration is unlikely to change its policies. The question is what do we do about this? 1/n #MAHSAAct

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@ronak_banoo

3 months

@iamBrianBJ @NiohBerg You're not wrong Brian, but Lebanese Christians tell me the split is due to financial opportunism/fear of the harm Hezbollah will do to their businesses, homes, family, etc. Not because of a commitment to the Hezbollah ideology. US didn't stand by the Christian army in the 1980s.

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@ronak_banoo

1 month

@DanielDiMartino I had family the equivalent of these chavistas...I hold out hope reconciliation and dialogue are possible after the fall of the Islamic Republic regime in Iran but that hope hangs on by a thread.

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Hi NIAC. I've lived & worked in red states all my life. So have my family members. I asked around, & no permanent resident or citizen I know in these states who doesn't work with Revolutionary Guards or IR regime is affected by the law. Maybe IR lobbyists like you are. #MAHSAAct

NIAC

@NIACouncil

1 year

در چند ماه گذشته لوایح نگران‌کننده ای که مالکیت دارایی برای ایرانیان و گروه‌های مهاجر دیگر را در آمریکا ممنوع می‌کند در بیش از ۳۰ ایالت در سراسر آمریکا پیشنهاد شده است. حداقل ۹ مورد از این لایحه ها مستقیما ایرانیان را هدف قرار می دهد و ۳ مورد توسط فرمانداران جمهوری خواه به

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@ronak_banoo

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I did research yesterday. A list of Middle East & North African countries with monarchs removed by revolution/coups & the successors: Egypt - Nasser, Libya - Qadafi, Iraq - Saddam, Iran - Khomeini, Afghanistan - Taliban, Yemen - civil war. Name me a success story. #MahsaAmini

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@ronak_banoo

2 years

What my phone looks like after trying to get through to @SenOssoff 's office about the MAHSA Act. Called other offices (including other Senator, House rep) too. Folks in Charleston area: call @NancyMace 's office. #MahsaAmini #MahsaAct #StopExecutionsInIran #IRGCterrorists

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@ronak_banoo

1 year

Below: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Kermanshah, 1962, with land reform documents. Just as Washington wasn't perfect but I respect him as founder of modern USA, I respect the Pahlavis as founders of modern Iran. RIP Mohammad Reza Shah. #شاهنشاه_روحت_شاد #رضاشاه_روحت_شاد #جاویدشاه

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@ronak_banoo

7 months

Iranian-Americans in California: please vote as a bloc for Steve Garvey in the March 5 primary to keep Katie Porter & Barbara Lee out of the November election. Others outside CA: consider volunteering for phone calls/texts for him. Link to volunteer:

Volunteer - Steve Garvey for US Senate

Be part of Team Garvey's journey! Join us in making a positive impact on California and beyond. Together, we're building a brighter future.

stevegarvey.com

Hope

@HopeIranian

7 months

The best thing we can do as CA voters is to vote for Steve Garvey (Republican candidate for US Senate). Please tell all your friends and family. It is now a tie between Steve Garvey (Republican) and Katie Porter (Democratic and NIAC Sponsored). Adam Schiff (Democratic) is in

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@ronak_banoo

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Hi @RepMcCormick , I called your office. In dating I was told, "if he loves you, he'll put a ring on it". Also that a guy isn't "too busy" to date a woman he actually likes. I'll go out on a limb & say that if you like the #MAHSAAct , put a cosponsorship on it please. #HR589

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@ronak_banoo

2 years

@yarbatman How do you know IRI intelligence agents didn't pose as Iranian opposition and call in a threat so that opposition would get blamed? They burned a cinema and blamed it on the shah. They tried to kill a dissident in NYC and claim it wasn't them.

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@ronak_banoo

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Iranian-Americans, join this phone bank! We will show her & National Iranian American Council (the Islamic Republic regime in Iran's lobby) that there are electoral consequences for any politician voting against the #MAHSAAct , & any "anti-imperialism"/ "Islamophobia" propaganda

Don Samuels

@DonSamuelsMN

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We can win this election tomorrow, but we need your support. Join us, even for just an hour or two, today or tomorrow on the campaign trail. If you live in MN, join us in person, if not, you can phone bank from anywhere:

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Iranian-American community: please oppose House bill HR 3985 & Senate Bill S. 1916. This bill establishes an Islamophobia office. I'm concerned it could be misused to target those of us who criticize the regime & #IRGCterrorists . #IranLobby #OpIran #مهسا_امینی

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@ronak_banoo

2 years

I hope the office of @RepColinAllred meets with our Iranian-American brothers and sisters in TX doing great work! Maybe enjoy food from Shahrzad Mediterranean Grill in Richardson while meeting with constituents about cosponsoring #MAHSAAct ? @txpolitics @BetoORourke #MahsaAmini

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