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Covering #Iran & #MidEast, especially what MSM won't Have a passion for exposing Tehran apologists/lobbyists

Jan 27, 2018, 69 tweets

Jan 27 - Karaj, W of Tehran, #Iran
Activist posts footage of a snowy field where a homeless individual is seen sleeping next to a fire in freezing cold temperatures.
This is Iran under the mullahs' rule, a country sitting on an ocean of oil & gas...
More reason for #IranUprising.

Jan 27 - Shoosh, SW #Iran
As the ruling regime spends billions in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen & Iraq, millions across Iran continue to live on the streets in utter poverty.
#IranUprising will continue to change this injustice.

#Iran after 40 years of mullahs' rule
Despite sitting on an ocean of oil & gas, millions of Iranians live in poverty & literally search the trash to find something to sell... or even eat.
#IranUprising will continue to change this injustice.

#Iran after 40 years of mullahs' rule
Voice says a lady is gathering trash at nearly 11 pm local time, while outside temperature has reached 1 degree Celsius.
#IranUprising will continue to change this injustice.
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Maraveh Tappeh, NE #Iran
Activists posting this disturbing image of a mother searching the trash for food...
This is the result of 40 years under the mullahs rule, while sitting on an ocean of oil & gas.
#IranUprising is set to change these atrocities.

Tehran, #Iran
Al-Qadir Square - Yaft Abad
Activists posting this image of an individual sleeping in a canister meant for special sand.
This is the #poverty result of 40 years under the mullahs rule, while sitting on an ocean of oil & gas.
More reason why #IranProtests continue.

Activist posts video of an old woman searching in trash for food, saying she found fruit juice & the leftover of some cake.
#Poverty is what the mullahs' rule has brought to #Iran.
Another reason for #IranProtests.
#IranUprising will continue to change this...

More heartbreaking footage of an old woman searching in trash for food, or possibly something to sell...
#Poverty is what 40 years of the mullahs' rule has brought to #Iran.
Another reason for #IranProtests.
#IranUprising will continue to change this...

Kermanshah, W #Iran
Behind the municipality building
Activist reports this is where a family lives...
#Poverty is the result of the mullahs' 40-year rule.
Another reason for #IranProtests.
#IranUprising will continue to change this...

Poor kids in #Iran's #Baluchistan, seen here searching in trash to find probably something to eat or sell...
This is the result of 40 years of mullahs' rule & the minority are especially deprived.
Another reason for #IranProtests.
#IranUprising will continue.

This says it all...
The very reason of widespread, utter poverty in #Iran, being the ruling mullahs, will also pass by such scenes, caring not an iota about the Iranian people.
More reason for #IranianProtests.

Shiraz, south-central #Iran
Among the millions of homeless roaming the country, some are seen sleeping in pipes. The bag of plastics and aluminum cans is all this homeless individual has gathered to sell to maybe buy something to eat...
More reason for #IranianProtests.

#Iran's children, seen here searching in the trash, to find something to sell and help their families make ends meet.
All the while, Iran sits on the world's 2nd largest natural gas & 4th largest crude oil reserves.
More reason for #IranianProtests.

Feb 6 - Tehran, #Iran
Another disturbing image of a man searching the trash for something to eat or sell. Rampaging poverty resulting from the mullahs' destructive economic policies.
More reason for #IranianProtests.

As millions of people across #Iran are living in utter poverty & literally searching the trash for something to eat or sell, here is a scene of Jazayeri, a senior figure in the mullahs' regime, at a huge feast.
More reason for #IranianProtests.

Feb 6 - Tehran, #Iran
Another homeless man seen in the winter cold night searching the trash for plastic to sell.
This is the 40-year report card of the mullahs' ruling regime.
More reason for #IranProtests.

This worker explains how two days work only buys what you see here, and it's still not enough to feed his family. His child doesn't have shoes to go to school.
#Iran's senior officials are plundering the people. More reason for #IranProtest.

This is Sistan, literally a forgotten city of #Iran's #Baluchistan.
Disturbing images of a man searching the trash to find something to eat...
This is the result of 40 years of mullahs' rule...
More reason for #IranianProtests.

#Iran under the mullahs' rule
"No one thinks about us... I'm 42 years old, unemployed with three kids. I'm forced to search in the trash because no one is thinking about us..."
More reason for #IranProtests.

Activists are posting these disturbing images of homeless people searching in trash for something to eat or sell, asking what happened to their share of #Iran's vast oil & natural gas resources?
More reason for #IranProtests.

This is #Iran's Sistan & #Baluchistan Province, where humans & animals drink from the same water...
This is the result of the mullahs' 40 years in power...
More reason for #IranProtests.

This is #Iran after 40 years of mullahs' rule.
Individual filming this disturbing footage says this poor man was literally eating trash...
More reason for #IranProtests to bring about change.

Feb 9 - Sanandaj, W #Iran
This activist shows footage of what he says is a drug-addict sitting in front of a bank and a homeless person sleeping on a bench.
This the result of 40 years of mullahs ruling this country.
More reason for #IranProtests...

#Iran is a country where the leader's son has $200bn stashed in foreign banks alone. All the while this young boy holds a placard reading:
"Dear officials, this year I am deprived of education because my father is unemployed & broke."
More reason for #IranProtests.

Feb 10 - On the day before the mullahs' regime intends to mark 40 years in power, this is the lunch of millions living in poverty across #Iran.
This is the result of 40 years of mullahs' rule in a country with vast oil & gas reserves.
More reason for #IranProtests.

This is neither Syria, nor Yemen, nor Myanmar...
This is #Iran's forgotten #Baluchistan. This is the result of 40 years of mullahs ruling over a country where tens of millions live in poverty despite sitting on an ocean of oil & gas.
More reason for #IranProtests.

An activist says this individual was the 4th person to search the trash here.
Millions of #Iranians live in poverty while their country sits on the 2nd largest gas & 4th largest oil reserve.
This is #Iran after 40 years of mullahs' rule...
More reason for #IranProtests

More disturbing images of children & adults searching the trash for something to eat or sell. This is the result of 40 years of #Iran's rule over a country with vast natural resources.
The #Iranian people will continue #IranProtests.

This heartbreaking image of an #Iranian man searching the trash for something to eat or sell is from Arak, central #Iran.
This is thanks to 40 years of the mullahs' destructive policies.

Feb 13 - #Kermanshah, W #Iran
Thanks to the mullahs' regime plundering the #Iranian people's God-given wealths, in -5 degrees C temperature this child is searching the trash for something to eat or sell...

Feb 12 - #Iran
An #Iranian activist shows the place where a homeless individual sleeps at night in the open in freezing cold temperatures. All the while the mullahs continue sending billions to #Syria, #Yemen, #Lebanon and ...
Viva #FreeIran

A homeless man in Ahvaz (#اهواز) (L) seen taking non-purified water from a river.
A large number of people, including these innocent kids (R), continue to live in utter poverty in #Iran's #Baluchistan.
More reason for #IranProtests.

More disturbing footage of utter poverty in #Iran, as a young child is seen alone here on a bridge begging bystanders for some money.
This is the result of the #Iranian regime plundering the nation's God-given wealth.
More reason for #IranProtests.

More disturbing footage of utter poverty in #Iran, as an old man is seen in the metro begging for money.
This is the result of the #Iranian regime sending billions to #Syria, #Yemen, #Lebanon and ...
More reason for #IranProtests.

More disturbing images of #Iranians living in utter poverty.
- A man in Arak (central #Iran) (L) searching the trash for something to eat or sell.
- A child selling snacks in the streets of Qeshm Island (S Iran) (R).
More reason for #IranProtests.

This child in #Iran's #Baluchistan writes:
"Mr. Khamenei, assume I am from Lebanon."
The #Iranian regime sends billions to #Lebanon, yet when the governor of Sistan & Baluchistan raised issues with the regime leader, he said it has nothing to do with me...

Feb 14 - Hamedan, W #Iran
This old man and his daughter were forced out by their landlord after not being able to pay their rent.
This is the result of the poverty enforced by the ruling regime on the majority of the #Iranian people.
More reason for #IranProtests.

Another disturbing result of poverty as a result of the #Iranian regime's destructive policies...
A beautiful baby stranded in an Urmia's Park, NW #Iran
More reason for #IranProtests

Feb 16 - Tehran, #Iran
As the mullahs send billions to #Syria, #Lebanon, #Yemen, #Iraq & elsewhere, the #Iranian people are living in utter poverty, forced to search in trash for something to sell or even eat...

Mashhad, #Iran
This old woman, finding a sandwich in the trash in this winter cold night, is yet another victim of the Iranian regime's plundering of the nation's wealth.
More reason for #IranProtests

Feb 21 - Tehran-Karaj Highway, #Iran
In a country where its leader says he is a man of God, millions are forced to live in poverty as billions of their country's riches are sent to #Syria, #Yemen, #Lebanon, #Iraq and ...
More reason for #IranProtests.

While #Iran's regime says it is ready to provide financial aid to #Venezuela (most likely for meddling purposes), millions of people back home are living in utter poverty, searching the trash for something to sell or even eat...
More reason for #IranProtests.

Despite the fact that millions across #Iran are living in poverty, this sign from last summer reads that authorities were planning to build a mosque island near Kish in southern #Iran.
More reason why #IranProtests erupted.

Hossein Abad, Kerman, south-central #Iran
No drinking water.
No bathrooms.
Their main food is alfalfa due to utter poverty.
Nearest school - 40kms
Nearest hospital - 80 kms
All the while Tehran sends billions to #Assad to kill innocent people in #EastGhouta & all of #Syria.

The result of Tehran sending billions to #Syria to help Assad bomb #EastGhouta is cases like this innocent little girl begging people on the metro to buy her bandages...
Millions in #Iran are living in poverty while billions are sent to also #Yemen, #Lebanon, #Iraq & ...

This is the report card of the mullahs' ruling #Iran for 40 years.
This man is among the many seen these days searching the trash for something to sell or even eat.
This is while Tehran sends billions to Assad in #Syria to bomb #EastGhouta.
More reason for #IranProtests

His name is Mostafa.
From Iranshahr, #Baluchistan, SE #Iran
He's 15. Can't go to school. Says his dad is unemployed & he has to put bread on the table for his family.
He's been doing this for 3 or 4 years.
This is while the mullahs send billions to Assad to bomb #EastGhouta.

Tehran, #Iran
Activists says this old woman is searching the trash for some bread.
This is while the mullahs send billions to #Syria for Assad to bomb #EastGhouta, alongside further billions to #Lebanon, #Yemen, #Iraq and...
More reason for #IranProtests.

Astara, N #Iran
While millions across the country are living in utter poverty & searching the trash for something to eat or sell, activists reporting these mullahs are riding expensive vehicles & living in luxury.
More reasons why #IranProtests will continue.

With a @HassanRouhani poster on this large trash canister, one wonders what happened to all the economic benefits promised to #Iran's people.
Millions of Iranians live in poverty as billions of dollars pour into #Syria for Assad to continue bombing #EasternGhouta.

#Iran activists reporting utter poverty is so rampant that people are seen in broad daylight searching trash canisters for something to eat.
Thanks to #Obama the mullahs are spending the billions he provided in #Syria, #Yemen, #Lebanon, #Iraq & ...
More reason for #IranProtests.

Mashhad, NE #Iran
This homeless man says he gathers trash worth only $2-$3 each day, adding no state organ helps him provide care for his mentally retarded brother.
This is while Tehran sends billions to #Syria for Assad to bomb #EasternGhouta.
More reason for #IranProtests.

His name is Saeed. He's in 6th grade.
He made his own school backpack, out of what appears to be a rice sack...
All the while, #Iran's rulers are sending billions to #Lebanon, #Yemen, #Iraq & #Syria for Assad to bomb #EastGhouta.
More reason for #IranProtests & #RegimeChange.

Qazvin, NW #Iran
A disturbing image of a likely homeless man searching the trash for something to sell or even eat.
This is the result of Tehran's mullahs plundering this nation of its God-given wealth & propping #Syria's Assad to bomb #EastGhouta.
More reason for #IranProtests.

As #Iran's regime continues to send billions abroad to prolong its destructive meddling throughout the region, people back home are struggling in poverty.
This young woman in the metro cleans men's shoes, hoping maybe they will help out.
More reason for #IranProtests.

Sarpol Zahab, #Kermanshah Province, W #Iran
This girl is 7.
Says she's freezing living in a tent w/ 6 other family members after the Nov 2017 quake.
Says she only wants a trailer.
Says her dad is a street vendor & can't buy a trailer.
While the mullahs send billions to #Syria...

At a time when millions across #Iran are living in utter poverty, the regime plunders people's money to build such halls for its "religious centers" ...
More reason for #IranProtests to bring about #RegimeChange.

Interesting how #Iran's ruling mullahs live in expensive mansions & their children ride around in the latest model cars, while tens of millions of people across the country are in utter poverty.
Many are seen literally searching for something to eat.
More reason for #IranProtests

It is absolutely cruel that such innocent children in #Iran's #Baluchistan don't have decent schools, while Tehran is sending billions to wreak havoc & spread its evil in #Syria, #Lebanon, #Yemen & #Iraq
More reason for #IranProtests to bring about #RegimeChange
#ThursdayThoughts

Such disturbing scenes of #Iran's homeless searching in the trash for something to eat are becoming more common with each passing day, as the mullahs continue to pour billions into their own pockets & to maintain Assad in power in #Syria to bomb #EasternGhouta.

Such disturbing scenes of #Iran's homeless women searching the trash for something to eat are becoming more & more common, as the mullahs continue to pour billions into their own pockets & to maintain Assad in power in #Syria to bomb #EasternGhouta, alongside #Yemen's #Houthis...

March 3 - Tehran, #Iran
Safa Crossroad - Mahvi St.
A man is searching in sewage water to maybe find something to sell, activists say...
The result of mullahs' plundering the people's God-given wealth for their own pockets & meddling in #Syria, #Yemen, #Lebanon, #Iraq & ...

March 2 - Shahriar, W of Tehran, #Iran
Authorities forced the homeless out of the graves they had found refuge in, and instead of providing homes they have been left stranded in this freezing winter.
More reason for #IranProtests & #RegimeChange.

Saqqez, W #Iran
Activists posting images depicting poverty across the country.
Millions are barely making ends meet or living completely under the poverty line, while Tehran sends billions to Assad in #Syria to bomb #East_Ghouta.
More reason for #IranianProtests & #RegimeChange.

March 5 - Tehran, #Iran
Near Khavaran St.
Activist reports an individual sleeping in an alley with what appears to be his/her belongings in a cart.
All the while the mullahs are pouring billions into #Syria, #Yemen, #Lebanon, #Iraq & ...
More reason for #IranProtests.

Activists posting images of poverty in four different cities across #Iran.
Millions are living completely under the poverty line while Tehran sends billions to Assad in #Syria to bomb #EastGhouta.
More reason for #IranProtests & #RegimeChange.

Zabol, Sistan & #Baluchistan Province, SE #Iran
This family "lives" in a ditch. There is no bedroom, living room, bathroom, kitchen or ...
Another result of the mullahs' plundering this nation of its God-given wealth, while sending billions abroad.
More reason for #IranProtests.

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Shahriar, W of Tehran, #Iran
After authorities forced the homeless out of the graves they had found refuge in, this is their conditions now... completely forgotten as the mullahs literally could care less.
More reason for #IranProtests & #RegimeChange.

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Shahriar, W of Tehran, #Iran
After authorities forced the homeless out of the graves they had found refuge in, this is their conditions now... completely forgotten as the mullahs literally could care less.
More reason for #IranProtests & #RegimeChange.

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