Reza Sayah

Additionally given that this took place far from any combat zone they could have also told the ship to surrender and disembarked before sinking it. Instead they blew it up with the crew inside and released a video for propaganda purposes and to show "lethality."

The elementary school in the city of Minab was just one of the first civilian locations targeted by American/Israeli brutal aggression; many more have been attacked during the past 5 days. Here is some of them: • Residential areas in Niloufar Square, Tehran (over 20 innocent people were killed) • A densely populated residential complex in Sanandaj, western Iran • The historic Radio Citadel and Golestan Palace, south of Tehran • Gandhi Hospital, Tehran • Tehran Grand Bazaar, Tehran • Abuzar Hospital, Ahvaz, southwestern Iran • The vicinity of the Iranian Red Crescent Society building, Tehran • Khatam al-Anbia Hospital, Tehran • The Welfare Organization, Tehran • Motahari Hospital, Tehran • Vali-Asr Hospital, Tehran • Trauma and Burn Hospital, Tehran • Ameneh Infant Care Centre, Tehran • Shahid Rajaei Heart Hospital, Tehran • Residential homes surrounding Sepah Square, Tehran • Residential areas in Maragheh, northwestern Iran (over 27 innocent people were killed) • Baqaei Hospital, Ahvaz, southwestern Iran • Emergency medical base, Chabahar • Emergency medical base, Sarab, northwestern Iran • Emergency medical base, Hamedan, central Iran • Hazrat Abolfazl Hospital, Minab, southern Iran • Shahid Mahallati Primary School, Tehran • Hedayat School, Narmak, Tehran • A sports hall in Lamerd, Fars Province, southern Iran (18 innocent boys and girls were killed) • 35 innocent people were killed in Fars Province, central Iran • Bazaar in Baharestan Square, central Tehran • A park for children in Tehran • Emergency medical centre, Tehran A kindergarten in Narmak •Residential homes in Narmak district, Araghi st., Marzdaran blvd, Tehran •Arg Square, The historic Radio Citadel and Golestan Palace, south of Tehran •Attack on Mir-Damād Boulevard, causing damage to residential and medical facilities •Attack on 2 headquarters of the Diplomatic Police

This is precisely what the CIA was hoping to provoke by leaking reports of an uprising and invasion that isn’t happening

🚨NEW from @DropSiteNews: Kurdish, Iranian sources reject claims of incursion Multiple media reports, including some citing anonymous U.S. officials, have indicated that Kurdish militants have now crossed from Iraq into Iran in order to seize Kurdish territory and spark an uprising. The reports follow claims that the CIA has been seeking to arm Kurdish fighters to destabilize Iran. Such an incursion remains a future possibility, but well-informed sources tell Drop Site News that no such invasion has yet to take place. Journalist @Alexis_Daloumis, who is in Syrian and Iraqi Kurdistan reporting for Drop Site, reports that three sources from the Kurdish liberation movement with knowledge of the situation have told him that no such invasion is underway and that PJAK, the only Kurdish organization with robust military capacity that is part of the coalition being discussed, is unlikely to make such a move at this moment. Kurdish sources have denied the claims of an invasion to Drop Site’s @ryangrim and officials from Komala, an Iranian Kurdish organization, similarly have said no such action is being taken. An Iranian official with knowledge of the situation tells Drop Site’s @JeremyScahill that there have been no reports of any breach of the border in that region. Sources in Rojava similarly dismissed reports of any current invasion. These reports may be aimed at sparking an uprising that is not yet happening. Reporters for CNN, Axios, and the Economist, some of whom are well sourced with the U.S. security establishment, have been leading sources of the claims. U.S. and Israeli officials have made no secret that they want to create conditions for an internal uprising to implement their regime change agenda on the ground. Events on the ground are fluid and such an attempted incursion is possible, particularly if the CIA is coordinating or encouraging it, but as of now, reports of an ongoing and active ground operation appear premature. The Associated Press, in a much more careful report Wednesday, said that some minor Kurdish forces were on “standby” and preparing to invade, further undercutting the claim of an active incursion. We’ll continue to update with new developments as we hear more from our sources.

🚨 Report: ‘Double-tap’ strike killed 165 Iranian schoolgirls in Minab An investigation by Middle East Eye finds the deadly strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, involved two explosions, with the second blast hitting survivors who had taken shelter after the first attack. ▪️ Witnesses and Red Crescent medics said students were moved to the school’s prayer hall after the initial strike. A second missile then hit the same area. ▪️ 165-181 people were killed, almost all girls aged 7–12. Many parents had been called to collect their children when the second strike occurred. ▪️ Officials say the destruction was so severe that dozens of victims remain unidentified, with DNA testing underway. U.S. and Israeli officials say they are “investigating” the incident. White House Press Secretary @PressSec responds in the clip below from today. 👇

Iran experienced a fourth day of airstrikes on Tuesday from U.S. and Israeli forces. Special correspondent Reza Sayah, reporting from the Iranian capital city of Tehran, called the strikes "intense," "unnerving" and "frightening." As President Donald Trump announced the start of U.S. strikes against Iran early Saturday, he told Iranians to "take over your government." While there have been reports of people celebrating in the streets, "at this point, we're not" seeing indications of larger protests, Sayah told PBS News' Amna Nawaz (@IAmAmnaNawaz).

@ncitayim @DropSiteNews @jeremyscahill He serves as both.

@DropSiteNews @jeremyscahill Baghaei is the foreign ministry spokesman, not the deputy FM 🤔

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Esmail Baghaei tells @JeremyScahill that Trump’s justification for launching the war is a “Big Lie.” ➡️Watch the full interview STREAMING now. x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The U.S. appears to be searching for justification for its escalation against Iran. White House claim: Iran killed many Americans in Iraq and Lebanon over the years. But when exactly? No timeline, no details, and no specific incidents cited—at least not in the past decade.

🚨 Iran’s Health Ministry says 926 people have been killed and 6,186 injured in U.S.–Israeli attacks across the country in the past 5 days, according to Hossein Kermanpour, head of public relations for the ministry. ➤ Killed: 926 ➤ Injured: 6,186 ➤ Hospitalized: 2,054 ➤ Treated and discharged: 3,545 ➤ Treated at the scene: 552 ➤ Surgeries performed: 502 ➤ Children killed: 180 under age 18, including 3 under age 5 ➤ Youngest killed: a 1-year-old child in Tehran ➤ Children injured: 301 under age 18, including 39 under age 5 ➤ Youngest injured: a 6-month-old boy in Bostanabad

In the Israeli-U.S. attacks on Iran, almost no one is speaking about the civilian toll. Our @EuroMedHR ‘s estimates indicate around 2,000 civilians killed in just four days, including at least 580 children.

It was sold as a "humanitarian intervention". Only "regime" and "regime sympathizers" were gonna be hit. Not a war on Iran, but the Islamic Republic. Hasn't even been a week and civilian death toll is well above 1,000 Iranians, including 168 schoolgirls, per US-based HRANA.

Tehran today, under Israeli bombardment. According to Iranian monarchists in exile, only regime supporters are killed in these indiscriminate bombings...

One troubling aspect of the reactions to this bombing, which left 168 schoolchildren along with their teachers dead, is that claims of IRGC involvement have mainly been pushed by Pahlavists in the diaspora. How are they going to react as the facts are now clear?

Footage from the moments right after the US-Israeli attack on Ghandi Hospital last night in Tehran. 9 hospitals have so far come under US-Israeli strikes in #Iran, said an MP who is a member of the Health Commission in the Parliament.

Footage shows the heavy damage inflicted on residential buildings and local shops and businesses around Enghelab Square in #Tehran, following US-Israeli strikes this afternoon. #Iran

The death toll from this air strike on an elementary school on Saturday is now nearly 180, and 95 injured. Most of those killed were girls aged between 7-12 years old. @UNESCO calling it “a grave violation of international law.”

I hope Iranians in the diaspora take the time to watch videos like this. You are seeing an Israeli attack on an Iranian air defence position—there is a very basic anti-aircraft gun, which is far from being some make-or-break target for the Israeli and American war effort. The first strike targets the position surrounding the gun, but the second strike aims to kill the personnel who survived the first strike. The Iranian personnel in question—operating a lowly anti-aircraft gun—are likely to be conscripts سرباز وظیفه. You can hate the Islamic Republic—with cause—all day. These people have families. There may be new orphans that Iranian society will have to take care of. There are externalities all around. Have fun coming to terms with such dehumanizing videos.

⚡️Witnesses Describe Horror Scene After “Double-Tap” Bombing Kills Over 20 at Popular Tehran Square Reza Sayah reports from the scene of the massacre @DropSiteNews dropsitenews.com/p/tehran-iran-…

Special correspondent Reza Sayah is in Tehran and reports on what he saw and heard in Iran this weekend. to.pbs.org/4rMc8p5