Sep 12 - Marivan, NW #Iran
Locals have launched a general strike, protesting the recent execution of three Kurdish political prisoners & an attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissident groups. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Bukan, NW #Iran
Locals launching a general strike, protesting the recent execution of three Kurdish political prisoners & an attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissident groups. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Sanandaj, W #Iran
Locals launching a coordinated general strike in several cities, protesting the recent execution of three Kurdish political prisoners & an attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissident groups. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Baneh, NW #Iran
Locals launching a coordinated general strike in several cities, protesting the recent execution of three Kurdish political prisoners & an attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissident groups. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Sanandaj, W #Iran
More footage of locals launching a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Piranshahr, NW #Iran
Locals joining a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Oshnavieh, NW #Iran
Locals joining a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Paveh & Saqqez, NW #Iran
Locals joining a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Oshnavieh, NW #Iran
Sources say the regime's intelligence units are marking the stores of those joining this general strike for possible measures against the owners in the future.
This is also intended to create a climate of fear among the locals. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Kurdistan region, #Iran
Locals launching a coordinated general strike in several cities, protesting the recent execution of three Kurdish political prisoners & an attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissident groups. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Kurdish cities in #Iran
Kamiaran - Paveh
Locals joining a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Kurdish cities in #Iran
Sanandaj - Bukan
Locals joining a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Kurdish cities in #Iran
Paveh - Oshnavieh
Locals joining a coordinated general strike in several cities. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Kurdish cities in #Iran
21 cities joining a coordinated general strike protesting the execution of 3 Kurdish political prisoners & an attack on Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in Iraq.
Reports indicate authorities are dispatching security units. #IranProtests
#BREAKING
Sep 12 - Sanandaj, western #Iran
Sources say the entire city is literally closed down & regime officials are literally terrified of possible protests. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Urmia, NW #Iran
Store-owners in the city have joined the expanding strike launched in Kurdish cities.
Reports also indicate the strike has also reached the city of Kermanshah.
Seeking footage from this city.
#BREAKING
Sep 12 - Prior to noon local time, following the arrest of Mokhtar Zareie in Sanandaj, three other civil activists by the names of Suran Daneshvar (pictured), Mosem Bahrami & Aram Fat'hi were arrested in Marivan, northwest #Iran.
Sep 12 - Kurdistan region of #Iran
The 17 cities of Qasr Shirin, Nowdeshah, Kermanshah, Urmia, Sanandaj, Sarvabad, Sardasht, Kamiaran, Mahabad, Saqqez, Paveh, Piranshahr, Bukan, Miarivan, Oshanavieh, Baneh & Gug Tapeh are all on general strike. #IranProtests
Sep 12 - Sanandaj, #Iran
In an effort to prevent the massive general strike from spreading to further cities, Iranian authorities resorted to arresting three Kurdish civil activists, Mokhtar Zarei, Khaled Hosseini & Mozaffar Saleh-nia. #IranProtests
Meet Mostafa Shirzadi (L), Friday prayer imam in the city of Marivan, NW #Iran.
Welcome to 21st century #Iran under the mullahs' rule.
Authorities using Nazi/Hitler tactics, marking the stores on strike today as shop owners in 28 different cities across 3 provinces launched a general strike.
To the world: Your silence supports the regime.
Raise your voice.
More videos of #Iran regime agents marking stores on strike.
No. This is not Nazi Germany.
This is #Iran. Ruled by the ruthless mullahs' regime.
Mark my words:
Just as the Nazis' rule came to an end, so will the mullahs' reign.
#BREAKING
Suran Daneshvar (pictured) & Aram Fat'hi, two Kurdish civil activists, have been transferred to IRGC intelligence for torture & to obtain coerced confessions, according to @amjad_panahi.
#BREAKING
U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador.
My gut tells me an even bigger story will develop.
Rest assured #Iran's regime is terrified about who Trump/Pompeo will appoint as their new envoy. axios.com/donald-trump-n…
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley spoke six months ago with President Donald Trump about the subject of resigning.
Will be staying at this post until the end of the year.
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley saying she will be campaigning for President Trump in 2020.
2) "Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters."
3) "... domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab 'is more geographically diversified and systematic' than that of Somalia’s federal government."
#BreakingNews
Cities across #Iran are witnessing a general strike as stores are closing across the country.
This goes alongside the truckers' nationwide strike that has spread to over 310 cities now. #IranProtests #IranianTruckersOnStrike
October 8
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed. #IranProtests
October 8 #Iran
Images of stores closed in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan & Sanandaj. #IranProtests
#BreakingNews
Reports indicate atmosphere in #Iran's parliament (the Majlis) is very tense as members review the anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) signing bill.
Sources say "hardliners" are voicing threats about the signing of this bill.
(File Photo)
2) #BreakingNews
"Regarding the FATF, should we commit suicide today by signing this bill because we're going to die in the future?" says Behrouz Nemati, a member of #Iran's Majlis (parliament).
3) "Hardliners in Iran’s parliament have opposed passing legislation toward compliance with FATF standards, arguing it could hamper Iranian financial support for allies such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which the US has classified as a terrorist organization." reuters.com/article/us-ira…
"It did not say where Zahedifar was arrested. In a video carried by state broadcaster IRIB, a blindfolded man who identified himself as Zahedifar denied he had fled Iran." uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ira…