Ali Arab

With or without you this will happen. You can choose to be on the right side of history.

The idea that you would just accidentally get added as a coauthor on a paper written with IRGC commander and current Speaker of Iran's parliament @mb_ghalibaf is fanciful. Oops, you also brought his son Eshaq to Australia to study at your institute, oops you were also a visitor to Ghalibaf Snr's research institute back in Iran too. All a coincidence, nothing to see here @unimelb theguardian.com/australia-news…

بهزاد فراهانی ولی نگفت که ارتشی با شرف در ۵۷ هم وطنش رو با تیر بار سلاخی نمی‌کرد. مردک لمپن.

زلزله ۴.۳ ریشتر در نزدیکی تهران

Under the guise of "stabilizing" the forex and gold prices, the Iranian regime plans to pump gold bars into the market on Sunday. Average Iranians can't afford gold bars. Is someone making their assets easy to transport?

Two months on, 90+ million people in Iran are still cut off from the internet amid an internet shutdown imposed by the authorities. Meanwhile, officials from the Islamic Republic keep using the internet freely. Access to the internet is a human right; it must be restored NOW!

@RoKhanna On Iran, your problem is not having a moral backbone to separate Iranians will to topple the brutal IRI regime from partisan politics. You failed the Iranian-Americans in your community.

A pro-Iran war, pro-regime change candidate funded by billionaires is running against me. I have had guts to be anti-war, anti-Epstein class, pro-working class. I need your support. secure.actblue.com/donate/sm20251…

Amnesty International calls on states to stop predatory, anti-rights order from taking hold in pivotal moment for humanity amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Last night, Shamim Mafi, 44, of Woodland Hills, was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for trafficking arms on behalf of the government of Iran. She is charged with a violation of 50 U.S.C. § 1705 for brokering the sale of drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition manufactured by Iran and sold to Sudan. If convicted, she faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison. Mafi is an Iranian national who became a lawful permanent resident of the United States in 2016. She is expected to make her initial appearance on Monday afternoon in U.S. District Court in downtown L.A. She is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

I agree with all the points but the first one. On the contrary, regime favors prolonging the war as they know it puts internal pressure (political and economic) on Trump. This is part of their strategy to get out of this without conceding their strategic leverage points (enrichment, missiles program, etc).

I don’t know what has been presented in the White House, but this is the adversary status I would present, with one important Takeaway - At this stage, the most important requirement for U.S. policy is strategic realism about what the use of force can still achieve against Iran. 1. Iran’s leadership is not interested in prolonging the war, but it believes it holds an advantage in a “pain tolerance” competition vis-à-vis the United States and the international community. 2. Threats of force are unlikely to produce meaningful concessions in negotiations. Iran is expected to hold firmly to the red lines it has maintained from the outset. 3. Maritime pressure will not compel Iranian capitulation. Absent an agreement, it is more likely to lead to direct confrontation between the U.S. and Iran. Interdictions of Iranian shipping may accelerate escalation, but not surrender. 4. The current Iranian leadership will not give up uranium enrichment, its missile program, support for its regional network of proxies, or its strategic influence over the Strait of Hormuz. 5. Limited strikes will not alter this trajectory. Tehran is not easily swayed by signaling. A broader campaign against Iran’s civilian infrastructure could severely damage its economy, but would almost certainly trigger wide-scale retaliation, particularly against energy infrastructure across the Gulf. 6. Without regime change, which would require a dramatic U.S. investment in time, resources, and political will, these core dynamics are unlikely to shift. 7. Decision-making in Iran is becoming more fragmented and hardline, increasingly shaped by the IRGC. This makes coherent compromise more difficult than in the past. 8. What Iran did not concede before or during the conflict, it is even less likely to concede now, regardless of military pressure or blockade measures. 9. In the absence of a deal, escalation is not a risk, it is the default trajectory. Iran is already preparing for it, including efforts to rebuild and reinforce its missile capabilities. 10. To date, even successful operational achievements have not meaningfully changed Iran’s strategic calculus. Paradoxically, the campaign has weakened Iran economically, but strengthened the regime internally, especially among the regime supporters. +1 The administration seems to have two main options: a framework agreement broadly resembling the previous nuclear deal, Or a wider escalation would impose massive economic costs on Iran, but rather than restrain it, it could drive a significant expansion of its escalatory actions. #IranWar‌

Boy, 16, among three arrested over attempted arson on Persian language media group in Wembley news.sky.com/story/three-me… #IranInternational

Iranian authorities have sentenced to death four more people, including a woman, over last January's protests. cbsn.ws/4cpIVtx

X poll, 2026 edition: should social media companies suspend the accounts of governments and officials who shut down or censor the internet?

No matter what your politics are, you should be outraged by this. You should also ask yourself what is the Islamic Regime in Iran afraid of? Why is the exchange of information so threatening to the regime that it has implemented the longest internet shutdown on the record? #DigitalBlackOutIran‌

@PeteHegseth The body of water you are referring to is Persian Gulf.

USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

@brett_mcgurk @TehranBureau Persian Gulf is the correct name

Confirmed—USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

Good move to weaken regime’s leverage at the negotiation table. May not be a long term resolution and I suspect there will be confrontation if negotiations fall through (which I believe it will). Btw it’s the Persian Gulf. @brett_mcgurk

People in Iran have lived under digital darkness for 1000 hours. Authorities have cut off 90+ million from the outside world since 28 February, preventing people from accessing essential information and contacting loved ones. Authorities must immediately restore internet access.

@lrozen @eghtesadnia As one of the main architects of regime's foreign policy (esp re the nuclear program), Kharrazi has been a leading strategist for decades. For a regime that functions based on a closed circle leadership this is a major loss.

@eghtesadnia I genuinely dont understand why Israel would have targeted a retired diplomat for assassination.

Iranian diplomacy lost a great man tonight 😔

@hesamodin1 بله قدرت هوش مصنوعی در یادگیری ممتد است.

Keep it simple: is the Strait completely open or not? As of this morning, it’s not.