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Villages near Nowshahr in northern #Iran are witnessing floods.
Locals say authorities have failed to take any measures to provide aid.
Vast destruction reported in Mazandaran Province, northern #Iran

The ruling regime has destroyed the country's infrastructure, resulting in enormous difficulties for the people after storms.
Ramsar, northern #Iran
Safarood Road destroyed due to rains.
Locals say authorities have failed to dispatch any units to provide desperately needed emergency aid to the flood-stricken towns & villages.
Langarud to Lahijan, northern #Iran
Video shows flood waters as people are facing extreme difficulties, especially since authorities have failed to take the measures necessary.
Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Flood causing vast destruction & reports indicating four people unfortunately lost their lives.
Locals are complaining about authorities failing to take any measures to provide emergency aid for these areas.
Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Vast destruction reported as floodwaters unveil the weakness in the country's infrastructure.

When the regime spend billions of dollars propping the Assad regime in Syria & supporting Houthi militias in Yemen, the Iranian people are left to suffer.
Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Ordinary people are suffering due to the regime's incompetence & refusal to provide decent infrastructure to tolerate seasonal rainfall.

The main threat to the Iranian people is the regime itself.
Gilan Province, northern #Iran
Locals say four individuals in this vehicle all lost their lives.
Gilan Province, northern #Iran
The foundation of this & other homes in this area have been washed away due to floodwaters.
Tonekabon, Gilan Province - Northern #Iran
More videos of floodwaters destroying the very poor infrastructure provided by Iranian regime authorities for the people.

Iranians' lives are at risk due to this regime's incompetence & plundering.
Gilan Province - Northern #Iran
Footage of a bridge, poorly built by the Iranian regime, crumbling as a result of floodwaters.

Welcome to Iran under the mullahs' rule...
Many thanks to @jemalrasheed2.
I stand corrected.
The city of Tonekabon is in Mazandaran Province.
My apologies for that mistake.
Rudsar - Northern #Iran
Footage of the current situation in this city due to the Iranian regime's incompetence of confronting seasonal rains & floodwaters.
Langarud & Masal- Northern #Iran
Unfortunately, at least three individuals died in this incident & one child is missing.
Reports indicate thunderstorm floods in three northern provinces of #Iran have taken the lives of at least 8 people.
Two of the victims are said to have been killed by lightning.
More footage showing the shoddy infrastructure provided by #Iran's regime for the Iranian people.

Three provinces in northern Iran have witnessed floods.
Eight people, including three women, are reportedly killed.
One newborn child is missing.
#Iran's regime refuses to provide adequate infrastructure and the people are left to suffer.

Welcome to Iran under the mullahs' rule...

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Oct 9, 2018
#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.
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Oct 9, 2018
THREAD

1)
Add this to the long list linking #Iran's regime with international terrorism.

This time, the al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab militant group of Somalia.

More reason why a firm policy is needed against Tehran.
#WalkAway
uk.reuters.com/article/somali…
2)
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3)
"... domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab 'is more geographically diversified and systematic' than that of Somalia’s federal government."
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#BREAKING
October 9
Shiraz, south-central #Iran
Stores are closed as the merchants' strike continues on this second day.
#IranStrikes

Store-owners in 50 cities launched this protest movement on Monday in solidarity with the truckers' nationwide strike.
#IranianTruckersOnStrike
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Fardis sector
Stores are closed as merchants continue their strike for a second day.
#IranStrikes
October 9
Qazvin, NW #Iran
Store-owners in this city are on strike again for this second consecutive day.
#IranStrikes
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#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
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October 8
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed.
#IranProtests
October 8
#Iran
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Oct 7, 2018
#BreakingNews
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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).

Read more about Iran & the FATF here:
fatf-gafi.org/countries/#Iran
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…
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Oct 6, 2018
Short Thread:

1)
#Iran's #FakeNews machine at work:

"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…
2)
Here's the video.

#Iran
#FakeNews
3)
What a coincidence (!), all of this developing just "a week after Tehran sentenced three people to death in a drive against economic crimes."

#Iran
#FakeNews
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