#Irān

The 2500-year-old gate of #Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of ancient Persians. Near #Shiraz-#Iran. #Xerxes was there! 2x 3x 4xAdding to this thread 5xAdding to this threadGate of #Persepolis, the
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1/ A really thoughful thread from my friend, and fellow Iran dissident @memarsadeghi, on the terrible choice between good-on-Iran-but-awful-in-most-other-ways Trump and decent-person-but-likely-awful-on-Iran Biden. And why she won't vot
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Tulip Garden, #Karaj-#Iran. Guess how tulips ended up in the Netherlands! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip#History 2 3Adding to this threadTulip Garden, #Karaj-#Iran #StayAtHome #QuarantineLife 4Adding to this threadTulip Garden, #Karaj-#Iran #St
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1/2 UNESCO World Heritage site, #ChoghaZanbil ziggurat, #Khuzestan province-#Iran. It was built around 3250 years ago by pre-Iranic #Elamite civilization to honor the great god #Inshushinak. 2/2 The sundial at
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For those who thought @rafaelmgrossi's pick wouldn't make much difference at @iaeaorg, I think today represents the real retort. Asked if he feared the resolution would now lead to #Iran
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LONG THREADIMPORTANT1)From @SidneyPowell1’s lawsuit filed in Georgia“… the Dominion software was accessed by agents acting on behalf of China & Iran in order to monitor & manipulate elections, including the
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The most unobservant neophyte could take a glance at the events in the Middle East over the last three years and conclude that this sentiment (rejoining a deal with Iran)
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SHORT THREAD1)Reuters: Two intelligence officers at #Iran’s consulate in Turkey instigated the killing last November of Masoud Molavi Vardanjani.https://reut.rs/2UrW0M2 This thread provides a different perspective on this issue. 2)My take:Knowin
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THREAD1)Today we mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty.Navid Afkari & Mostafa Salehi were arrested for protesting & viciously tortured to confess to crimes they did not commit.Political prisoners
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I'm 39 and it was Iran/Contra for me. Normally that's not the sort of thing that a six-year-old would register but my dad was a flaming anti-Reagan liberal at the
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Iran is a cash society. There are no credit cards. Until recently, even homes were purchased in cash.Given that, Iranians are often utterly shocked when I explain how debt-driven the
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Ok, finally got to read all the details in this @SangerNYT story. Apart from the many...oddities that others have pointed out, here's another: why would Iran come back to the
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BREAKING: Explosion at Sina Athar Medical facility in Tehran, Iran, as per initial reports. VIDEO # 2: via @yes_itsmyturn #Tehran #Iran VIDEO # 3: No confirmed reports of casualties so
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Trump has dropped more bombs and missiles than George W. Bush or Barack Obama did in their first terms, and there are still roughly as many US bases and troops
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A very strategic mistake made by #Trump. Here he has quoted #HeshmatAlavi, a persona which belongs to political bureau of #MEK/#NCRI terrorist cult. This for sure harms his reputation among
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Thrilled to launch this new paper that puts the China-Iran partnership in regional context.@yarbatman and I broke down economic and security data on China and Iran vs. the wider Middle
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