Who else thinks Larijani sounds like Vito Corleone? 🐴

The policies Dubowitz & co have pushed for decades aim at collapse & fragmentation, not democracy. If Iran is broken, this rhetoric👇 will vanish, just as it did from Libya to Syria. The goal is neutralizing a regional rival, not building a strong, free, or prosperous country.

Mother f*cking leeches.

1) We have problems at home and shouldn’t be wasting military resources on another country’s internal affairs. 2) Military strikes on Iran require Congressional authorization. 3) This threat isn’t about freedom of speech in Iran; it’s about the dollar, oil, and Israel.

If dreamy AI videos of ‘this could be our future Iran’ ,rather than your own contemporary history, easily available facts, and informed analysis, is what informs and moves you— then I’m truly sorry for you and our country. #IranProtests

Actually, it's much more potent to call them ordinary citizens fed up with the struggles of life--economic, social and political--under this system of government rather than "freedom fighters" which implies a sort of armed conflict (which the government could easily put down).

👇A staffer at the hardline, pro-Israel FDD think tank. Israel’s regional interest is fragmentation: weakening centralized states and exploiting ethnic and sectarian fissures to prevent the emergence of strong, unified rivals. The U.S. interest is different. Washington is

Genuine question: what is it with this desire to worship another human being? Be it Khamenei, Pahlavi or Rajavi? Why the fuck can’t you function without being in a cult?

Israel’s ‘Low Intensity Operations’ inside Iran Iran’s riots are traceable to Mossad’s Iran Desk (below). Violence is not to foment revolution, but to (a) weaken Tehran; (b) soften ground for the next attack; and (c) distress & disunite Iranians. TL;DR: For subversives—and

Fearing civil war, regional destabilization, refugee flows, and geopolitical advantage to an already aggressive Israel, several Arab states and Turkey intervened with Trump to prevent a US-Iran war. The UAE - Israel's closest ally in the Arab world - was absent, however. And so

💔 How the Regime Uses Dead Bodies — and How a Father Fought Back: In the first video, you see regime officials in the city of Kuhdasht at the home of Amirhossein Khodayani, a slain protester. In order to be allowed to receive his son’s body, the father was forced into this

The bloody massacre that took place in #Iran amid #IranProtests should be treated as an indisputable fact. More than likely for years to come, scholars will debate about the culprits, the exact numbers, and the ramifications of the crackdown. However, in my personal opinion,

We receive new information about dozens of murdered Iranian protesters every day. This is an updated video featuring photos of, mostly, young people who were killed by the Islamic Republic regime in January 2026.

mei.edu/commentary/ira…

Parastou Forouhar on the importance of evaluating Reza Pahlavi's call for protesters to take to the streets, and recognizing that people entered a field where their lives were put in front of the cannon. “We must examine this responsibly and allow this question to be asked,

Hello The New Yorker why is this behind a paywall? This type of reporting should be open for the world to see.

Please take the time to read this incredibly powerful letter from Iran. 💔🖤

This is disgusting and depraved. The cruelty of these words toward a people effectively under siege is staggering and Bushra Shaikh needs to apologize. We can, and should, remain skeptical of casualty figures that circulate without corroboration or credible verification,

ویدئو کوتاه است. مملو از خشونت کلامی. اما چیزی که در ذهن میماند، چیز دیگری است: لبخندِ دختری با شال زرد. این لبخند تقابل دو جهان است. از یک سو خشم عقب نگر؛ هویتی زخم خورده که آینده را فقط در بازگشت به گذشته جست و جو می کند، و از سوی دیگر متانت و آرامشی بی‌ادعا که از فهمِ رویای

My new piece in TIME : time.com/7368819/iran-c…