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UK business magnate Richard Branson @richardbranson has called for the release of Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper who has languished in prison for more than eight months. https://t.co/qrW0Vbx2Zk #ToomajSalehi #Iran
Student's lives are held cheaply in #Iran Full story: https://t.co/kqDe3eyrlh #truth https://t.co/wjQefRUpkW
Our Hunger, Their Answer #Iran #IranRevoIution #IranProtests https://t.co/cEWKzptgzP
Jailed Baha’is Endure Coercion and Await Verdicts https://t.co/UeeuyPkvNk #PersecutingReligiousMinorities
Authorities in Tehran have put up banners in the streets showing the Islamic Republic’s first domestically produced hypersonic ballistic missile and with Arabic and Hebrew captions reading "400 seconds...to Tel Aviv." https://t.co/6ypPzrXHDk #truth #Iran #Israel
One victim told IranWire that authorities in #Iran are subjecting women inmates to such “unlawful" and “inhumane” treatment to “mentally break” them. https://t.co/LOp8Hb6TDJ #truth #Mahsa_Amini #IranRevolution
As investors, financial institutions and banks are increasingly using ESG scores to assess countries before foreign direct investments are approved, lifting sanctions won’t be enough to attract investments into #Iran. Read more: https://t.co/VdZzM4iY9j #truth https://t.co/9z1RV4UNiU
A young woman describes the dehumanizing body searches that the protesters in #Iran were subjected to in Ward 209 after last year’s "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests. When she complained, the guards started beating her. https://t.co/ijr1ScthU4 #truth #IranianWomen #MahsaAmini
Nahid Taghavi, a 68-year-old German-Iranian national arbitrarily detained in Tehran’s Evin prison for nearly 20 months has severe medical conditions putting her life in danger. She is not the only aging political prisoner held in such condicitions. https://t.co/V6p2Pix58h #truth
The Impact Iran coalition and 11 member organizations @impactiran have urged the international community to take “robust action” against the “chilling surge in executions” by the Islamic Republic over the past month. https://t.co/A6UqdEhUUt #truth #IranExecutions #IranRevoIution
The Criminal Court of Tehran has handed down a 10-day prison sentence to renowned Iranian actor Shaghayegh Dehghan for "appearing in public streets without wearing a religious hijab," or headscarf. https://t.co/6BLW3apW7F #truth #MahsaAmini #IranRevoIution #Hijab
A large crowd of mourners attended the funeral of Mansureh Sagvand, a former member of #Iran's police force who resigned in protest against the suppression of protesters. https://t.co/gwHwZ89pcF #truth #IranProtests2023 #IranRevoIution #MahsaAmini
Let’s Make Our Story One – Before It’s Too Late https://t.co/8ZxlJYKyeH #truth #IranRevoIution #Iran
Blinding As A Weapon of War #Iran #IranRevoIution #IranProtests https://t.co/FKoDdxs1WX
Our latest report aims to cast light upon the situations faced by four aging inmates imprisoned in #Iran who, despite grappling with chronic and potentially life-threatening diseases, are denied their fundamental right to access adequate treatment. https://t.co/V6p2PixCXP #truth
An Iranian company is the biggest beneficiary of a power plant poised to supply a Shell-backed gas project in Iraq, putting the UK group at odds with the west’s shifting geopolitical priorities in the Middle East. https://t.co/ab7gg9dnZs #truth #Iran #UK #Shell
Four imprisoned members of the Baha'i religious minority in #Iran have been subjected to coercive measures by interrogators, pressuring them to make confessions on camera. #Bahai https://t.co/UeeuyPkvNk #PersecutingReligiousMinorities
Basir Ebrahimpour, a student at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University, died after suffering a heart attack on the university campus. The university’s emergency services were immediately informed, but it took 45 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. https://t.co/kqDe3eyrlh #truth #Iran
Would lifting sanctions against #Iran be enough to attract investment and revive the economy? A new report suggest not, that Iran’s problems are structural, rooted in poor governance, and a serious environmental situation. https://t.co/VdZzM4iY9j #truth #IranProtests
Acclaimed Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, who expressed solidarity with #Iran's "Woman, Life, Freedom" protest movement, has been prevented by the Iranian security insitutions from traveling to Austria to participate in an art festival. https://t.co/X7XDktZ1N1 #truth
Iran Showcases First “Hypersonic” Ballistic Missile https://t.co/3cZPVnAyep #truth #Iran
“I look at myself once every few days. Before I go to work, I look at a glass. When I see that my eyelid is hanging down, I get heartsick." https://t.co/Izm0rON1J0 #truth #Iran #IranProtests2023