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Nikan e-Törk

@turkmenzadeh

4 years

Nun va Goldoon نون و گلدون (1996) directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

Diaspora poetry be like: Not from here, not from there, but rather a secret third thing.

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What I love about this ~cute~ new trend is that on January 3, 2020 a US drone strike illegally murdered Qassem Soleimani, and I spent the rest of January in a state of fear and panic that my country of birth, the US, was about to invade the country of my family, Iran.

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A photo from January 2020, blissfully unaware of what was to come.

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Stop referring to the USA as a democracy challenge

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Nooooooo.. look what she's using as a tablecloth

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@comradec0re @envysnest “how many different cultural activities can we steal, do badly, and fit into one video?”

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A lot of yall would have scolded Algerians for being too violent if we were in the 1950s

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Stop calling it saudi arabia, start calling it greater yemen

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@jestingtime

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@michaeljknowles

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

Iranians know what it feels like to be Russian right now: to have your people and culture demonized by the "international" – i.e. Western – media for something you are not responsible for.

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@turkmenzadeh

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One of the most insane news stories about to possibly emerge from Iran and non-iranians have no idea about the depth of the lore behind this guy

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

Ghormeh sabzi tacos 🇮🇷🇲🇽

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

@charliecbs @CBSNews @NorahODonnell @CBSMornings What is it about Iraq and Afghanistan that makes them less "civilized" Charlie?

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@turkmenzadeh

4 years

January felt low-key traumatic for me. I witnessed people joking online about being drafted to fight in Iran and about raping Iranian women, I witnessed my father and family's silent inquietude while watching the news and feeling powerless.

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

Just wanna pop in and say, anyone who has spent any time in Iran knows about the real fundamental problems there, and understands that the anger of the people is not just the result of some western psyop/color revolution. Policing of women's bodies should not be up for debate..

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@turkmenzadeh

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Australian special forces killed random Afghan civilians, often to get young soldiers their "first kill" in an initiation they called "blooding". Horrifying.

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Australia finds evidence of war crimes in Afghanistan inquiry

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@turkmenzadeh

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No more Fr*nce. La société a dépassé le besoin de fr*nce.

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@turkmenzadeh

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Iranian Revolution (1978-79), a mass movement that shook the world.

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Benefits of learning Farsi: access to centuries of incredible poetry and storytelling, an incredibly melodic and metaphorical language, amazing advancements in internet humor. Curses of learning Farsi: understanding the horrible and racist shit that monarchists say in Farsi.

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the monarchist iranian diaspora is soooo embarrassing like mind your own business

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The masculine urge to reject society and live as a nomadic shepherd in the Iranian countryside

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

Zionists, Persian Shahis, and Cuban exiles are all the same person with different fake disguises on. You can't convince me otherwise

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@turkmenzadeh

4 years

@mjblair Southern California's most cherished roadside landmark:

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

I'm going to say this once. Supporting an ISRAELI woman for "showing her support" because she is also persian is disgusting. Let me make this clear, the Israelis doing this have less guts than any Iranian protestors, because they have zero interest in returning to Iran

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

What Americans in instagram comment sections think is going to happen to Britney after marrying an Iranian

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@turkmenzadeh

4 years

@shereeny "aLL AsiAn pEoPLe lOok ThE SaMe"

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

The hypocrisy of western governments "granting" citizenship to Iranians in death while making it almost impossible for them to immigrate/receive permanent visa status in life. very reminiscent of Italy granting Khaby Lame citizenship while African immigrants are beaten to death

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@saffronandsun

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granting her honorary citizenship is an empty symbolic gesture when we know they wouldn’t give her citizenship, let alone a visa, if she had applied for one during her lifetime. governments do not care about Iranians, they just care for Iranian money + resources

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@turkmenzadeh

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And then the worst pandemic in recent history hit. I guess just don't assume what other people are going through and be thankful for everything you have and hold dear.

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@turkmenzadeh

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Honestly the most inaccurate part was that they made the king of the Persians have literally zero body hair

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

Issa good day to be an Iranian turkmen 😌

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@turkmenzadeh

4 years

CIA agent 5 minutes after landing in a latin american country:

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is speaking Spanish at Trump's rally in Miami.

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@turkmenzadeh

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Imagine if you will, a vegan snake oil salesman gay Iranian pornstar in the US who has repeatedly become a meme for his extravagant persona, claiming to be the rightful heir to the throne of Iran, returns to Iran and publicly posts that he is going to liberate it from Islam

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@turkmenzadeh

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In Mexico, many people I spoke with thought of Iran as a dangerous place filled with terrorism and violence. In Iran, many people I have spoken with think of Mexico as a dangerous place filled with gangs and crime everywhere. Funny to me that these international media...

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@turkmenzadeh

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@IbrahimSincere For Turkmens (of Central Asia) this hat is called a telkep, but this kind of sheep's wool hat is common across Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Northern Asian tribal/nomadic people with many different names

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

The Iranian people should be able to determine their own future without either domestic repression or external interference.

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💀💀💀

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

Hi @tedlieu , as an Iranian-american and a former resident of your city, I would like to wish you a very sincere, go f*ck yourself.

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@tedlieu

3 years

I strongly disagree with the Biden Administration on their global vaccine rollout. We should help our allies first instead of letting a third party decide where vaccines should go. Since there are not enough vaccines, should we help India or Iran? We should help India first.

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@FIFAWorldCup USA, ENGLAND WE ARE COMING FOR YOU 🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷🇮🇷

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@turkmenzadeh

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If you're a Zionist complaining about being criticized and demonized, maybe try... Not being a Zionist

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@turkmenzadeh

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I use the terms Farsi and Persian interchangeably, w/ no consistent logic, and no one can stop me

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

Calling someone a Zionist when that person is and always has been clearly anti-zionist just because they're Jewish is antisemitism. Straight up

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

Public transportation infrastructure development projects

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Be creative. What do girls want?

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@ayaghanameh Ignore the haters in your comments. Many Iranians with consistent liberatory values continue to support the Palestinian cause.

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@turkmenzadeh

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anywhere. Bodily autonomy should not be negotiable just because we oppose Western imperialism and know the history of imperialist crimes.

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

This is perhaps the most Iranian video I've ever seen.

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@turkmenzadeh

7 months

These are the kinds of stories he was posting on his instagram account after filming videos of himself walking around Iran

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

Who you might see at protests or online, like the MEK, Masih alinejad, Arash Azizi, etc. are people who have made their livings by aligning themselves with war hawks in the US/Israel and should be avoided at all costs. A lil Google search before sharing a source can go a long way

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@turkmenzadeh

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@ampol_moment The girl who's reading this 🥰

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@turkmenzadeh

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Persian Jews who tie their identity to the state of Israel try to whitewash Israeli crimes and argue Israel is on the side of the Iranian people, meanwhile this is how white Israelis view them and the Iranian homeland

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@turkmenzadeh

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Recent book purchases, finishing Mantle of the Prophet now. (Highly recommend) Also gifted a copy of secrets of divine love to my dad.

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@turkmenzadeh

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I don't know who needs to hear this, but here's your reminder that every Persian empire was multi-ethnic, the Persian Language and Iran were preserved and revitalized at various times by non-persian leaders, the persianate world is vast and diverse, and there is no Aryan race.

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Gets arrested and potentially becomes an international news story.

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

It's me, I am the Iranian threat on the southern border

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@turkmenzadeh

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@CatWorkers Excuse me? Those humans are not assisting the cat, they're the cat's subordinates

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@turkmenzadeh

4 years

This kinda blew up a bit, so...donate to help people in Yemen and support BLM.

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@turkmenzadeh

2 years

Right now that means supporting real Iranians' demands for change and amplifying those voices. But it presents another issue that a lot of non-iranians may not be aware of, which is to be conscious about the media sources and groups from outside Iran that you amplify

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@turkmenzadeh

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The first person to do English subtitles for all of Shahzadeh sereen's most insane videos would be doing the world such an invaluable service 🫡

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الان آخرين لايو سرين قبل از رفتنش به ايران رو ديدم... مثل اينكه واقعا حالش خوب نبوده! اميدوارم اذيتش نكنن چون معلومه كه مشكل حاد روانى داره و بايد درمان بشه

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A conspiracy theory I made up and 100% believe is that Mr Bean is secretly Iranian.

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@turkmenzadeh

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Chinese-americans and other Asians in the West are still dealing with the repercussions of Western racism in the aftermath of COVID-19

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@turkmenzadeh

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I know it's a lot to ask of people who aren't aware of the ins and outs of Iranian history and media sources in farsi, but some sources like Iran International are bankrolled by countries like Saudi Arabia/Israel, and certain prominent Iranian "activists" and groups in the West

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@turkmenzadeh

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@aqsa_immortal The US really had no idea what they were doing when they assassinated the man who was literally the most popular public figure in Iran's government. The idiocy of Washington's foreign policy seemingly knows no bounds

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@turkmenzadeh

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Anyone who says the trumpists' storming of congress is unamerican is either extremely ignorant of US history or being willfully deceitful. Mobs of right-wing whites enacting violence through the institutions of power is as american as apple pie

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@turkmenzadeh

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narratives have such a stranglehold on our perceptions of others, even in places where people know how unfairly their own country has been portrayed in international (ie "Western") media.

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@turkmenzadeh

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The Zionist project is fundamentally based upon conquest and displacement. People who call for "peace on both sides" are either ignorant about zionism's history or are willfully deceptive. When Palestinians are "peaceful", the expansion of settlements becomes only more rapid,

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@turkmenzadeh

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They have completely embraced the settler colonial Israeli identity and do not care in the slightest about the future and well-being of people in Iran.

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@turkmenzadeh

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And that just scratches the surface of how insane this story is

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@turkmenzadeh

4 years

Still thinking about this "influencer" cop who murdered Daniel Hernández, a man who'd just been in a car crash and was having a mental health crisis. The cop, toni mcbride, continued insta-modeling, glorifying blue lives matter, Trump, and competitive shooting, uninterrupted.

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This LAPD officer murdered Daniel Hernandez, a 38-year-old father, earlier this year...and is an influencer on Instagram.

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@turkmenzadeh

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Remember when Reza Aslan tweeted 'if the supreme court overturns roe v wade we riot' and then the supreme court overturned roe v wade and he didn't do anything

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@frozenyogurl @Caliphatememes

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@Carlists4Pete @MargBarAmerica They couldn't name 2

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End sanctions on Iran now!

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Took this pic in Isfahan

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@turkmenzadeh

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Hey Iranian-americans, Kanye tweeting out support for the protests in Iran hours after saying he would go "death con 3 on Jewish people" maybe isn't the flex you think it is.

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Two of my favorite tribal carpet designs from the Yomut Turkmen

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@turkmenzadeh

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Check out the genetically closest groups to the Turkmen of Turkmenistan, based on gedmatch data. This may surprise some pan-turks.

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@turkmenzadeh

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@ExileGrimm @MarxBoner69420 You're missing one

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@turkmenzadeh

3 years

There are a lot of cultural similarities between Iranians and Mexicans, I won't elaborate.

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Lololol it's funny to me how this show is supposed to be about authentic Turkmen tribes from before the existence of the ottoman empire, yet all the characters were picked based on present-day anatolian Turkish beauty standards. (Aka very western influenced)

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@turkmenzadeh

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@4noura @CNN In the unblurred video you can clearly see that Ahmed is trying to put his hands up after exiting the car. The Israeli authorities blurred him in the video they released to conceal this.

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@turkmenzadeh

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This person is seriously unwell. This whole thread is an indication of that

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@turkmenzadeh

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Are Iranians the most poetry-obsessed people on Earth? What are some other examples of cultures where poetry plays an outsized influence on everyday people's lives?

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@turkmenzadeh

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@joemoeller44 @8NewsNow @shariaprelaw can we get our resident white anthropologist to analyze some of these strange white mating rituals?

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@turkmenzadeh

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At the end of the day, all that matters is amplifying the voices of the protestors in Iran. Petty diasporic beefs are just a distraction from that. They never even think about the Shah, they despise the MEK, they have long ago forgotten about Iranian leftists, etc...

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@endsanctions A Black Muslim

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@turkmenzadeh

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This person's tweet is also deeply insulting to Iranian Jews who fled Iran and resisted becoming part of the Israeli occupation and who've stood up for Palestinian rights, alongside so many antizionist Jews around the world. Insinuating Israelis are braver than them is an insult

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@turkmenzadeh

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@4noura @CNN Something accidental happened inside the car and it careened to the right. These kinds of accidents happen every day around the world. Only difference is that under an apartheid military occupation where all Palestinians are seen as threats, making a mistake can cost your life.

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@turkmenzadeh

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My take on diaspora activists trying to get Iran kicked out of the World Cup is that it's a really stupid idea. As many have stated, it sabotages the players and fans' ability to make political statements in support of the protestors during the tournament..

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@sgratee

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Kiarostami was also a photographer and graphic designer, and I recently read that he designed a number of his own films' posters. These are my favorites: the Japanese release poster for The Wind Will Carry Us

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guys what are your favorite movie posters

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@firastopher If you didn't vote democrat in every election since the day you were born this is literally your fault

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Beautiful Khorasani prayer rug. So remarkable that these colors are derived from natural sources.

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@turkmenzadeh

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And with the US military 'pivoting to Asia' I can only see this phenomenon growing worse in Western media in the coming years.

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@turkmenzadeh

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Photographer took a photo before and after telling me that the US is a dying empire

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@turkmenzadeh

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@marclamonthill Most who pursue higher office are only concerned with political posturing and furthering their own career. Fighting for the powerless almost always takes the backseat once they attain that power.

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Since I was young, i've always loved eating raw tomatoes and raw onions, is this an Iranian trait?

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