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Thank you to everyone who could join the talk and engage with the outputs. This is a project that I’ve been working on for almost a year, and there is nothing better than sharing it with others and raising awareness about the uprising movement in Iran, Woman, Life, Freedom. 🧵

⚠️ Update: The internet blackout in #Iran is now on its 35th consecutive day as connectivity flatlines at 1% of ordinary levels after 816 hours. The general public remain cut off from the world without vital updates and without a voice as the incident closes its fifth week.

From “Make Iran Great Again” to “back to the Stone Age” — all within a month.

🗓️ Exactly one month ago on Saturday morning, 28 February, #Iran was plunged into digital darkness as authorities cut off access to the global internet. After four full weeks, 672 hours, the blackout remains in effect, violating Iranians' right to communicate and stay informed.

Tehran and Washington are both escalating by raising each other’s costs in unexpected ways. Pursued recklessly, this path would lead to unexpected humanitarian catastrophes, in Iran and the wider region.

Nothing says “help is on the way” like telling the Iranian people you will cut off their electricity. A nation of 90 million is now stuck between a regime that brutally suppresses them and US/Israel threatening to disrupt their very basic necessities of life.

Iran is home to millions, not a playground for power politics. Threatening to destroy its electricity infrastructure means targeting civilians directly. That’s a war crime threat. #IranWar

Bombing power plants means targeting civilians. This is a war crime threat. Period. #IranWar‌

In case you care:

Iran is at war. The internet is cut. And the most disturbing part is that it no longer surprises anyone. The Islamic Republic has normalized silencing a nation whenever a crisis begins. #DigitalBlackOutIran

I don’t care what “side” you’re on, every single Iranian should condemn the U.S. strike on the school in Minab, & mourn those innocent schoolchildren. Anything short of that is inhumane & shows you’re only pushing a specific narrative or agenda. It was a war crime. Full stop.

fuck your idiotology if there’s no humanity in it.

The most useful thing non Iranians can do right now is talk about the internet blackout in Iran. Iranians don’t need spokespeople. Help reconnect them so they can speak for themselves. #DigitalBlackOutIran

✅️#سعید_زارعی کردشولی در ۲۲ دی‌ماه در شیراز و در منزل خواهرش بازداشت شد. تنها ملاقات وی در تاریخ ۱۱ بهمن در زندان عادل‌آباد شیراز انجام شده و از آن زمان تاکنون از حق ملاقات محروم است. 🔹️بر اساس اظهارات خانواده، سعید تحت شکنجه‌های بسیار شدید قرار گرفته و دچار آسیب جدی به صورت، شکستگی پاها و دنده‌ها شده است. گفته می‌شود او تا روز ملاقات تحت فشار و شکنجه مجبور به اعتراف اجباری علیه خود شده است. اتهام اعلام‌شده تا زمان ملاقات، «قتل پنج مأمور سپاه در جریان اعتراضات مردمی شهر مرودشت» عنوان شده است. 🔹️تا زمان ملاقات، هیچ دادگاهی برای وی برگزار نشده بود. همچنین به خانواده اعلام شده برای وکیل (در حالی که وکیل تسخیری از سوی دادگستری معرفی شده) مبلغ یک‌میلیارد و پانصد میلیون تومان درخواست شده است. علاوه بر این، به خانواده گفته شده برای «تحویل زنده یا کشته‌شده سعید» باید مبلغ ۹ میلیارد تومان پرداخت شود. 🔹️رضا زارعی کردشولی، پسر دایی سعید نیز پنج روز پس از بازداشت سعید، در روستای اکبرآباد مرودشت دستگیر شد. رضا نیز تحت شکنجه قرار گرفته، اما تا زمان ملاقات اتهام مشخصی به او تفهیم نشده و به خانواده گفته شده که وی آزاد خواهد شد. 🛑 برای دریافت مشاوره حقوقی، با وکلای حقوق بشری معرفی‌شده توسط کمیته تماس بگیرید.

Saeed Zare Kordeshouli is under illegal detention. His relatives have reported that Saeed has been tortured and forced to confess. Saeed is in Adel Abad prison in Shiraz. Please be his voice. #NoMoreExecutions #stopexecoutioniniran

📺 The BBC cancelled almost all TV and radio interviews on #Iran's internet blackout they'd scheduled or suggested changing topic to other outages. With huge respect to BBC journos, this wastes human rights monitors' time, hasn't happened in past crises, and needs investigation.

When future generations ask "Which year?" we will say the black year! The year mothers danced beside their children’s bodies, so the earth would remember they never had the chance to fall in love. #IranMassacre

I generally don’t believe children should be punished for the sins of their parents, but this regime has been massacring Iranians for decades while claiming the U.S. as enemy #1 and ruining the futures of the youth of Iran. Because of that, I welcome this move by Emory.

Thank you @TheEconomist . Iranians will remember who stood by them and who didn’t

Hold Tight ………. I cannot think of a more relevant phrase than this as we enter the year of the Fire Horse!  As I reflect on my time in Morocco over the holidays I think of all the people in IRAN who are fighting a much needed, Revolution and willing to die for what they believe in. We take so much for granted Myself included. The freedom to travel the world. To wear what I want to wear. To ride a horse across the desert. To speak  Freely and not be silenced by punishment, torture, and possibly death. To sing. To dance. To choose my spiritual path, not someone else’s.. The women of Iran do not have this freedom. I stand with them. The people of Iran have not known freedom for centuries I cannot claim to truly know the suffering  that has been endured  but my thoughts and prayers are with the people of Iran. The time is now. Hold Tight! I stand with Iran. Let their voices be heard.. FREE IRAN! 🇮🇷