(1) In his take @SinaToossi claims the “Clinton and Obama administrations” thought about the Iranian people, conveniently forgetting how Clinton did nothing in the face of #Iran’s 1999 students uprising crackdown & Obama turned his back on Iranians in 2009 atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransour…
(2) @SinaToossi blows his cover by mentioning “regime change,” making clear his mission, being a Tehran apologist, of devoting his “journalism” to preserving a regime with a grotesque human rights dossier in power.
Over 3,000 executions under #Iran's “moderate” Hassan Rouhani.
(3) @SinaToossi voices his main concern, being the #IranProtests, by attempting to downsize the 2017/2018 uprising to “parts of Iran.”
Reminder: Over 142 cities were scenes of unprecedented revolt, prompting the regime to kill more than 50 protesters & arrest over 8,000.
(4) By criticizing Trump’s support for the Iranian people’s nationwide demonstrations, @SinaToossi makes it clear he prefers the #Obama-type appeasement policy of turning his back on Iranians & the Syrian people in 2013.
Shame. Shame. Shame.
(5) #Iran is exactly a face-off between a “totalitarian regime” against the “oppressed people.” The likes of @SinaToossi have made it their life-long mission to muddy the waters in order to quell foreign-based backing of the Iranians' ongoing protests against the mullahs’ regime.
(6) @SinaToossi deliberately downsizes the anti-government nature of the #RegimeChange protests. And he uses the word “militant” to cause fear in the uninformed reader’s mind, while failing to admit the militant nature of the regime’s crackdown machine.
(7) @SinaToossi says “Many looked worryingly at the vandalism and violence” regarding the 2017/2018 protests, yet deliberately cloaks the regime’s blatant & vicious crackdown against any anti-government protests.
(8) @SinaToossi claims to be in touch with the people in saying “An overarching fear was that that Iran could become another Syria.”
Q: Why don’t you mention the very fact that #Iran’s regime is the main party to blame for marking #Syria the hell on earth it is today?
Hypocrit.
(9) “Despite restrictions, protests do happen, and Iran has an active political life & civil society. Political debate is also lively & open within the multiple ideological views accepted by the state.”
Anyone familiar with #Iran & its regime knows this claim is a complete lie.
(10) “Parliamentary and presidential elections are consequently competitive and affect state policies.”
Of course, @SinaToossi refuses to mention how anyone seeking to take part in #Iran’s elections must be vetted by the Guardian Council, an ultraconservative body of 12 mullahs.
(11) @SinaToossi goes the distance to portray an innocent image of Rouhani striving to bring about change in #Iran, only to face resistance form Khamenei & his faction.
This is a devious regime-backed scheme in Western #MSM. americanthinker.com/articles/2017/…
(12) Branding the Iranian opposition PMOI/MEK as “cultish” also blows @SinaToossi’s cover, as this is the terminology used by #Iran’s regime & its apologists.
Here’s a read explaining how Tehran fears the PMOI/MEK: forbes.com/sites/heshmata…
(13) And when @SinaToossi quotes “Iran-based analyst Fareed Marjaee,” rest assured both are #Iran apologists & any “analyst” based inside Iran cannot say a word to the media without looking over their shoulder or having the regime’s blessing.
(14) And by twice again mentioning the PMOI/MEK & their close relations with Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton & Trump advisor and close ally, former New York City Mayor Rudi Giuliani, @SinaToossi again blows his cover, as #Iran’s regime fears the PMOI/MEK the most.
(15) And some advice to @SinaToossi:
Don’t ever raise the preposterous “rally around the flag” claim again.
You know better yourself how pathetic that is.
Former Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf revealed how the regime only has 4% of the population’s support.
(16) And when a "writer" like @SinaToossi enjoys support from the likes of @BarbaraSlavin1, a die-hard #Iran regime apologist, there’s not much left to say…
Here’s Barbara’s very “professional” reaction to an anti-regime rally in Washington, DC.
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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.
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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…