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COUNTERWEIGHTS: IRAN, ISRAEL, AND THE BATTLE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی
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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی
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Author WHAT IRANIANS WANT bit.ly/3IBwY9k SHADOW COMMANDER bit.ly/3KxlTqU | Historian at @yale | Writer @theatlantic | Repped by Aevitas
- You could chose your leftism to be identified with A) Build tons of cool fast trains and airports and affordable homes or B) Use a lot of weird words no one understands and ABOLISH COPS and 'eating bananas is actually colonialism.' One of the above worksClaudia Sheinbaum says Mexico's "neoliberal period" is over, announcing a slew of new public works. Continuing AMLO's Fourth Transformation, Mexico is building passenger rail, highways, airports, 200K+ affordable homes, and more.
- Great Al Arabiya journalist grilling Hamas’s Khalid Mashaal from an Arab perspective
- Iranshahr, Tehran
- Abstract debates about antisemitism? I was at a Jewish friend’s tonight, a home I often visit, and couldn’t find the apartment door. I realized they had taken down the mezuzah by the door. I realized they were afraid to be openly Jewish in New York City in 2023. Crushed me
- You gotta love Wikipedia pages of Balkans politicians
- Harris's campaign surely has had its failings but a segment of the Muslim community in Michigan is proudly endorsing Trump and openly saying it's because he's anti-war (which he isn't), anti-LGBT and for a crackdown on the border. This is obviously beyond a tactical issueBreaking — Michigan Muslims endorse Donald J. Trump for president: "He promises peace not war!"
00:00 - Parnia Abassi, young Iranian poet, born in 2001, killed in Israeli attacks on June 13, 2025
- We are in the throes of a revolution in Iran that will likely change the course of world history.
- مجری بی بی سی را میبینید؟ با بهت و ناباوری معلوم است دچار شرم نیابتی شده و از رضا پهلوی میپرسد: «آیا شما واقعا دارید میگویید بمباران کشورتان توسط اسرائیل و کشتار شهروندان غیرنظامی نکته مثبتی است؟» باورش نمیشود."Anything that weakens the regime... is something that people welcome" Reza Pahlavi, son of the former Shah of Iran, says he doesn't believe it was "the intention of the Israeli government to attack Iranian civilians" #BBCLauraK bbc.in/4nhkSSm
00:00 - Did Iran say it will shut the Guidance Patrol (Hijab police)? No. Here is what happened: In a press conference, someone asked top prosecutor, Jafar Montazeri, why was the Guidance Patrol not around anymore. +
- اسمش هست «اکثریت عظیم ایرانیان»این روزها با گروهی از کاربران شبکههای اجتماعی طرفیم که همزمان مخالف خامنهای، رجوی، پهلوی و نتانیاهو هستند!
- A young Iranian woman, who had immolated herself in prison after she was jailed due to her protests against the the ban on entering stadiums, just died in a Tehran hospital. She is known as the #BlueGirl because she, like myself, supported the football club Esteghlal.
