Luca Barbato

Today, in the latest desperate killing spree, the bloodthirsty regime took the lives of five more sons of Iran. Saleh Mohammadi, Saeed Davoudi, Mehdi Ghasemi, Danial Keramati, and Mohsen Azimnia join the long line of Iranian heroes who paid the ultimate price for freedom. Their names will be spoken alongside all those who refused to kneel before tyranny. The remnants of the Islamic Republic can never extinguish the fire in the hearts of our people. These young men now belong to the free Iran that is now within reach. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten. Their dream will not die. Iran will be free.

Hegseth is too ignorant to understand that but analyst Anders P. Nielsen made a really good point in one of his podcasts: Everything that Trump and Israel have been doing in the Middle East would have been impossible without Russia's army being bogged down in Ukraine.

High oil prices suck, but you know what sucks more? 92 million people being held hostage by an Islamist genocidal dictatorship which executes them en masse for protesting. An expansionist Islamist regime which even commits false flag terror attacks against the Iranian people to “increase” their political legitimacy. A theocratic dictatorship sworn to the destruction of the U.S. with the ability to develop nuclear weapons. Wake up world.

“Why are the russians doing this to Ukraine? Because they can, because the world has allowed them to.” Testimony of Taira (Yuliya Payevska) to the US Helsinki Commission. She was captured and imprisoned by russians on March 16, 2022 and released on June 17, 2022. ▪️ Taira about herself: "My name is Yuliya Payevska. By profession, I am a graphic designer, as well as the president of one of the Aikido federations of Ukraine. Russians call me a Nazi. This is what they call everyone who opposes them, or simply does not want to see russia in Ukraine. I spent the first 20 days of this war in Mariupol, which turned into hell. After that, I spent 3 months in russian captivity. And it was hell too." ▪️ About the proposal to commit suicide: "When my executioners suggested that I commit suicide, I said no. I wanted to see what would happen tomorrow, I wondered how far they would go in their madness and malice. And then one day, when it seemed that there was no hope, someone looked into the window and called my name. "Take your things and go out" — that's how my path to freedom began. ▪️About those who remained in russian captivity: "Pregnant prisoners whose fate is unknown neither to their families nor to the state. A soldier who was beaten for three hours and then thrown into the basement like a sack, and only a day later someone came to him." ▪️ About horrors in Mariupol: "A dead child in his mother's arms, a seven-year-old boy with a gunshot wound dying in my arms because I cannot stop his death. Prisoners screaming for weeks in their cells, dying of torture in hellish agony. I remember my friend's eyes, which I closed before his body went cold, and another friend, and another, and another... I saw half a million people dying under air strikes. Air strikes on hospitals and residential areas. A hospital full of wounded people, with no medicine. Surgeons and medical staff sleeping for three hours a day as operations followed one after another. Medical evacuation vehicles arriving every 5 to 10 minutes, with the living and the dead lying on top of each other. Cars that are on fire with people inside. Police officers pulling women and children from the rubble, mutilated beyond recognition. People collecting water from puddles. Dogs that were once pets dragging human limbs around the city." ▪️About questions from the executioner: "One of my executioners asked me: "Do you know why I do this to you?" I answered: "Because you can." He did not expect such an answer. But it is true. They do it because they can. Because their leaders told them they had the right to do so. Because once they were allowed to. Because the world gave them such permission. The world was silent, watching the crimes of the russians in Georgia, Syria and so on."

Reminder that even during this war, Melika Azizi is on track to be hanged. She was charged with being an "enemy of islam" for protesting in January. She was beaten in the courtroom. The islamic regime is actively executing people even right now, because murder is all they know.

The Iranian regime executed a 19 year old for demanding democracy. I stand with his memory and the thousands of other young Iranians. Those who grieve the elimination of Iranian leaders over murdered protesters is telling.

@KyivIndependent I wonder if lies in Farsi sound better than lies in russian?

The Kyiv Independent interviewed Iran's chargé d'affaires in Kyiv, after Ukraine expelled the country's ambassador in 2022. Shahriar Amouzegar spoke in Farsi, through an interpreter. In an extraordinary conversation, he rejected accusations that Iran had played a role in Russia's war against Ukraine, and insisted that his country has remained neutral — despite volumes of evidence to the contrary. kyivindependent.com/we-interviewed…

A 19-year-old national wrestling champion executed in Iran. Not for a crime, but for speaking out. For decades, the Iranian regime has waged a relentless campaign against its own people: hanging, silencing, and erasing thousands. Young men and women. Students. Athletes. Voices of courage, whose only “crime” was daring to think freely. A regime that fears its own citizens will always choose brutality to survive.

“former Ukrainian territories” Dear former respectable media Insidethegames, just so you know those territories are still Ukrainian – only temporarily occupied by Russia Seems that your unwavering commitment to unbiased journalism wavered to pro-Russian stance. Sad.

We value European support in protecting Ukraine from Russian strikes – especially when it comes to air defense and drone production. We should continue using every opportunity to find missiles for Patriot systems. That’s why the PURL program is helpful. I thank everyone who contributes to it. We know – not everyone likes the idea of using part of the 90 billion to buy Patriot missiles through PURL if there are no other options. But if there really are no other options, this is necessary to defend against Russian ballistic attacks – it’s about saving lives. From an address to the European Council meeting (2/3).

Merz roasting AfD in Bundestag: "Ladies and gentlemen, the reality of life for people in Ukraine is different from what you experience at your cocktail receptions at the Russian embassy here in Berlin or during luxurious trips to Moscow." (Applause) Watch Alice Weidel's face.

Mr. President @realDonaldTrump, Mojtaba Khamenei’s regime executed 19 years old. champion wrestler, Saleh Mohammadi and 2 other protesters in Iran for protesting. You said they promised you to stop hanging protesters. They broke their promise. Remove mew Khamenei. Otherwise, he will remove hundreds of innocent protesters who are in prison, waiting to be executed by hanging in Iran. They have killed more than 32,000 in massacres. blinded 10,000 people, put 40,000 protesters in jail. They are one of the biggest threats to U.S. national security. They wanted to kill you. They wanted to kill me three times on US soil. We are safe because of U.S. law enforcement, but Iranians need protection. History will remember those U.S. presidents who stood with our murderers, and it will remember those who understood that removing terrorists is not a tragedy, but a sign of justice. Our national security needs true leadership. Please stand firm and finish the job. The Islamic Republic must end.

Russia must clearly see and truly feel that Ukraine will be in Europe – and that this cannot be stopped. That is why we are carrying out internal reforms and working externally to secure a clear date for Ukraine’s EU membership. If there is a clear date, it will mean that Russia will not be able to block our accession in any way. You see how different things get blocked, and how difficult it is for a united Europe to implement even decisions that have already been made. This must not be the case with opening the clusters for Ukraine or with our accession – this is a matter of trust, security, and the future. From an address to the European Council meeting (3/3).

Happy birthday to Lina Kostenko!

CAR-T therapy costs $400K+, takes weeks, and requires chemo prep. @j_eyquem and collagues at @UCSF, @ParkerInstitute, @GladstoneInst skipped all of that — reprogramming cancer-fighting T cells directly inside the body with a single injection. @Nature ucsf.edu/news/2026/03/4…

@tenstorrent @AmpereComputing so far from a quick test: - There is a special place in hell for whoever thought it is was great idea to leave exactly 4.5mm from the rightmost port and the pci bracket. - I remember now why I dislike dealing with C++ packages - stale python packages are a bane as well.

Installing a blackhole p150a on an AmpereOne 128 ... I'll blog more details this weekend since it seems like a bumpy ride ahead.

The Islamic Republic has launched a new wave of executions, taking revenge on its own people after being humiliated militarily by the U.S. and Israel. At dawn this morning, Kourosh Keyvani, an Iranian-Swedish citizen, was executed on baseless charges of “collaborating with Israel.” President Trump, Please, end this murderous regime.🙏🏻 @realDonaldTrump @POTUS @IDF

Putin is evil and wants to destroy America. Anyone that argues otherwise is either a fool or a liar. wsj.com/world/russia-i…

🚨 IMPORTANT – Flashing SOS To the athletes of the world: Iranian athletes were killed for demanding freedom. You have global platforms. Millions listen to you. Use that voice now to help Iranian to get rid of tyranny. Let’s be united against Sport washing. Let’s be united support Freedom. Let me introduce you to heroes brave Iranian athletes who refused to stay silent. They went to the streets with empty hands demanding freedom, and many were shot in the heart or the head. Please join us and say their names. Share their stories. Stand with Iranian athletes. Meet my heroes. Meet Iran’s heroes. 1) Meet Zahra Azadpour. She was 27. A women’s league football player in Iran. A professional climber who conquered mountains like Damavand and Espilet. An athlete who had even been invited to the Iranian national team camps. Her crime? She went to the streets of Karaj with empty hands and demanded freedom. On January 19, 2026, the Islamic Republic answered her with a bullet. Think about that for a moment. A young woman who trained her whole life to climb mountains and play football was treated like an enemy of the state, simply for asking for freedom. Say her name: Zahra Azadpour.

@MelanieLatest Sadly two small details such as: - Europe is attacked by russia already and cannot move and risk to be further exposed. - Trump is refusing the support from Ukraine, the only country that knows how to stop the russo-iranian drones effectively. make the whole discussion moot.

melaniephillips.substack.com/p/why-the-nati… Britain, Europe and others are refusing to help defend the Straits of Hormuz not just because they are pusillanimous appeasers who will never themselves lift a finger to confront tyranny and are all too happy to rely parasitically on the US to defend their interests. Behind that bubbles an unsavoury stew of disgust and fear of Trump’s moral clarity over Iran (yes, you read that right); venomous hostility to Israel founded in the destruction of their own moral compass; and the disintegration of their national identity and ability to acknowledge, let alone defend themselves against, predatory foes from both within and without and who need to be fought.