For Toomaj and all the voices being silenced in Iran. #ToomajSalehi

She did not cry when she left a small city and built a life in Tehran with no one holding her hand. She did not cry when she carved her place into Tehran’s startup world by force of mind, discipline, and will. She did not cry through years of standing alone in a country where being a brilliant woman already means carrying more weight than the world sees. But tonight, in the middle of this smoke and shadow game of talks, deals, delays, and diplomatic theater, one sentence said everything: “I had never cried over a kitchen light bulb before.” And no, it was not really about the talks. She could not care less about them. The pain does not leave space to even think about that. Since January, work has been broken. The economy has been sinking. The blackout has crushed businesses, income, plans, and every ordinary rhythm people use to keep themselves human. This is what the world does not understand when it talks about “talks.” Every day they stall, people’s lives shrink. Not in theory. Not in policy papers. In kitchens. In rent. In bills. In groceries. In a woman who fought her way into independence, then breaks because even a kitchen light bulb becomes another reminder of a life squeezed from every side. The terrorist Islamic Regime occupying Iran did this. Wholly. A regime that can make a woman like that cry over a kitchen light bulb has not just broken an economy. It has declared war on the ordinary dignity of life itself.

President Trump, The Iranian people vehemently oppose the Islamic Republic regime. They are deeply concerned about any “peace agreement” that grants legitimacy, economic relief, or political concessions to the regime. For decades, the Islamic Republic has been responsible for widespread human rights abuses, political repression, hostage-taking, regional destabilization, and support for terrorist proxies. Millions of Iranians have repeatedly risked their lives to oppose this regime and demand freedom, democracy, and human rights. The Iranian people deserve America’s support, not for another arrangement with their rulers, but for their aspirations for freedom, self-determination, and a democratic future with the leadership of their opposition and transitional leader, Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi. Please meet with him as soon as possible to discuss Iran’s future instead. Respectfully, Mahsa Advocacy Group

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I leave it to my Iranian friends to ask every American president, "What 10%-20% of the problem are YOU willing to ignore?" #FinishTheJob

FACING THE GALLOWS IN TOTAL SILENCE 🚨 We must become the eyes and voices for three young souls facing fast-tracked death sentences in Iran. THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE PHOTOS OF THEM, and the regime is relying on this complete information blackout to execute them in total silence: 1️⃣ Hassan Amiri & Hossein Amiri – Twin brothers (age 20) raised in an orphanage, sentenced to death in Karaj simply for having photos of damaged buildings on a phone. They have no family to plead their case. 2️⃣ Alireza Peyghambari (26) – Arbitrarily arrested after leaving his workplace during the January protests and slapped with a lawless "Moharebeh" death sentence. Do not let their lack of a digital footprint lead to their secret execution. Break the silence! #IranMassacre‌

ICE took a 31 y/o Haitian asylum-seeker into custody, drove her 30 miles away to a Pittsburgh office, put an ankle monitor on her, then sent her out the front door with no way to get anywhere or contact her family. She froze to death at a bus stop. It's now ruled a homicide.

"Satchel Paige had a very, very good fastball...... But the first time I faced Satchel, he threw me a little breaking ball, just to see what I could do, and I hit it off the top of the fence. I got a double. When I got to second, Satchel told the third baseman: 'Let me know when that little boy comes back up.' Three innings later, I go to kneel down in the on-deck circle, and I hear the third baseman say: 'There he is.' Satch looked at the third baseman, and then he looked at me. I walk halfway to home plate and he says: 'Little boy.' I say, 'Yes, sir?' because Satch was much older than I am, so I was trying to show respect. He walked halfway to home plate and said: 'Little boy, I'm not going to trick you. I'm going to throw you three fastballs and you're going to go sit down' and I'm saying in my mind: 'I DOOON'T THINK SOOOOOO. If he threw me three of the same pitch, I'm going to hit it somewhere. I turned to the catcher and asked: “What does he mean?” Catcher told me: “He’s going to throw you three fast balls. Nothing else.” He threw me two fastballs and I just swung..... I swung right through it..... And the third ball he threw, and I tell people this all the time, he threw the ball and as he let go he said: 'Go sit down.' This is while the ball was in the air. Yes, he struck me out with three pitches. He was just magnificent." 17 year old Willie Mays facing Satchel Paige for the first time.

Hello everyone. It is Day 1570 of Europe's war. This is my daily thread with all the important news from the conflict on Friday 12 June 2026.

RT @JustAnIranianIr: Javad was only 12 years old when the Islamic regime shot him in the back of the head, with the bullet coming out of hi…

🆘 DON’T LOOK AWAY 🆘 The Islamic regime has sentenced Behrouz Zamani Nejad to death for taking part in the January protests in Iran. International attention can save lives. Public pressure matters. Share his name. Be his voice before they kill him. #IranMassacre‌

I once read in Tarikh al Tabari that after the conquest of Iran, rivers of Iranian blood were made to run. Back then, I dismissed it as an historical exaggeration. A river of blood sounded too vast for reality. Too cruel for the world. Too impossible for human hands. Then January came. ​And I witnessed with my own eyes the raw torrent of blood the terrorist Islamic Regime occupying Iran drained from the veins of this land’s own children. ​These were not invaders breaking through a foreign border. These were not strangers from a forgotten age. The sons of this soil. The daughters of this nation. The young, the brave, the nameless, the immortal. History was not exaggerating. It was warning us. And the warning returned wearing a turban, carrying a gun, and calling itself a republic.

🚨 DO NOT LOOK AWAY 🚨 Sahand Abbasnia was arrested in Tabriz after being severely beaten and released two days later despite needing medical care. Soon after, security forces raided his family’s home and took him to an undisclosed location, cutting him off from his family and denying him access to a lawyer. This is not justice. This is fear. A young man’s fate is being hidden behind prison walls while his family is left waiting in the dark. Say his name. Sahand Abbasnia. Visibility saves lives. #MEXRSA #KingRezaPahlavi‌ForIran

x.com/L0mpan/status/20652308… The newly released video from the truck carrying 58 pounds/26 kilograms/143 bundles of Iranian women’s hair — all stuffed into pillows — as it crossed from Iran into Armenia is undeniable proof of the horror unfolding inside our homeland. This single shipment from the two day massacre inside Iran could easily surpass the total amount of hair smuggled out during the Holocaust in two days in comparison. This is the only truck that has been intercepted crossing the border so far. We have no way of knowing how many others have already crossed undetected, especially since U.S. wig manufacturers are currently raising alarms with authorities regarding an influx of Iranian women’s hair in the market. You can easily search on X to find videos of industry professionals speaking out about this issue. Hundreds of our women remain missing to this day since January 2026. This video should haunt you for the rest of your life. That we failed to learn the lessons of the Holocaust and allowed islamic Nazi terrorist regime to repeat these same gut-wrenching crimes — this time against the Iranian people — is a profound stain upon humanity. I promise you this: we will find every single individual committing these crimes inside Iran today. We will hunt them down, even if they hide under a rock. We will not forgive. We will not forget. They are finished—one way or another. And if you are still debating about HIH Reza Pahlavi leading Iran, then you are a Nazi yourself! #KingRezaPahlavi‌ForIran @marklevinshow @LauraLoomer @elonmusk

Parsa Najafi, a 19-year-old Baha’i resident of Isfahan was arrested after security forces raided his family home on June 6th without notice. Security forces entered the home and confiscated numerous personal belongings, including phone, laptop, bank card, cash, books and school material, artwork, documents, and passports. During the raid by security, they used insulting behavior and sometimes physical force. He is currently held at Dastgerd Prison. His charges are not known or reason for arrest.

Yes @patrickwintour would be an important piece for @guardian to investigate and cover. Feels like a massive story now that another wig maker in Germany has also noticed the massive influx of hair coming in from Iran. Iranians might then start having faith in you again after the disgraceful IRI Foreign Minister opinion pieces you commissioned, constituting the first articles the Guardian printed on the uprisings. The 2nd piece on Jan 12th - three days after the massacres of tens of thousands of people, basically justifying the actions of the regime - was particularly egregious for a British newspaper to publish. Investigating this story will go a long way to re-establish trust with British Iranians.

The United Nations and Hamas: A Toxic Relationship? A close friend of mine from Gaza City, tortured nearly to death by Hamas, a well‑known activist against the group, and someone I helped evacuate during the war, was featured in the UN Human Rights Council’s report documenting Hamas’s abuses against Palestinian civilians: executions, torture, beatings, the misuse of medical facilities, and the terrorizing of women and children. When he met with the UN investigation team, one investigator was openly sympathetic to Hamas and the “resistance” narrative, signaling from the start that she doubted his testimony. He then spent five hours convincing the rest of the team that Hamas had, in fact, tortured him, despite extensive evidence of his injuries circulating on social media and a medical examination confirming blunt‑force trauma consistent with organized abuse, not random violence or Israeli bombardment. He even had to walk the investigators, including Ms. pro‑Hamas, through how his case fits into hundreds of others across Gaza, and how Hamas itself has filmed and publicly released its own executions, beatings, and torture to terrorize the population. Imagine that: Hamas documenting its own crimes on video, and supposedly serious investigators refusing to believe what is right in front of them. Imagine a human rights inquiry that includes someone openly aligned with the very group under investigation. It forces a hard question: why are parts of the UN system so compromised when it comes to Hamas that they cannot think beyond Israel’s actions long enough to examine the crimes of Palestinian actors, crimes that are equally harmful, shameful, and deserving of condemnation? And why are some so eager to believe Palestinians when the accusation is against Israel, yet so reluctant when the accusation is against Hamas, even when the evidence is overwhelming?

Poet Farnaz Jafarzadegan has been sentenced to imprisonment under electronic monitoring and banned from leaving Iran for two years. The verdict cites her opposition to violence against women, compulsory hijab, and the death penalty, while also labeling parts of her published writings as “spreading falsehoods.” Read more in HRANA’s report: ow.ly/xFZ150ZaYLQ

#BarsaMaleki, a Bahá’í citizen from Mashhad, has been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court to 2 years and 1 day in prison, an 800 million rial fine, and 6 years’ deprivation of social rights on charges of “deviant educational or propaganda activity.” #StopBahaiPersecution #برسا_مالکی

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