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Friends, we need to talk. Recently, images surfaced showing government agents bulldozing through rice fields, destroying the livelihoods of simple farmers in #Ahmadabad — the reason, they are #Bahai.
#humanrights #iran #ourstoryisone #itstheirland @ErfanSabeti @Khani2Mina @hsmsgh @daniela_sepehri @sepehra @pooyanmokari @isabelschayani

The Iranian regime didn’t seem too concerned about its own citizens when it killed tens of thousands of them in cold blood. Iran has no moral high ground.

Peyvand Naimi; a Bahá’í youth under torture, subjected to 2 mock executions to force a false confession. He is in imminent danger of execution. #IranMassacre‌

“Another standard-bearer has arrived. Even with the father gone, his rifle still remains“ reads the caption beneath the photo of Mojtaba Khamenei. Below that—how fitting—is an alleged quote from Adolf Hitler about dishonorable traitors to the fatherland: “Anyone who rejoices at attacks on the homeland rejoices at the rape of his own mother.” (Poster in Babolsar/North Iran, source: Vahid Online)

Sonic torture of people in #Tehran as Basij forces broadcast regime propaganda through loudspeakers at night during residents’ sleeping hours. Source @maroofian_n

Very interesting analysis. Don’t miss it!

@IranWonk So very unlikely

@reyhani Maybe if they had prepared politically, built a critical mass of support in elite, IRGC, and sufficient number of hardline social base, they could negotiate on a package based on this and agree to it. It will be very hard to do right now.

@IranWonk what’s your take on this? You see any path that IRI would agree?

When the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic praises you, it tells you everything you need to know.

Young Baha’i in Iran faces mock hangings, torture, and imminent danger Peyvand Naimi, a young Baha’i in prison in Kerman, Iran, faces imminent danger after enduring two mock hangings, prolonged torture and interrogation, as Iranian authorities attempt to force him to confess to crimes he did not commit. Mock executions are severe forms of mental torture and are banned under international law. Peyvand was arrested on 8 January on false charges of instigating unrest during the January protests and was taken to an Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) detention centre—known for its torture and mistreatment of detainees. A forced confession that he participated in the protests was extracted from Peyvand under duress and was broadcast on state television on 1 February. He was transferred to Kerman Prison after the broadcast. To date, there has been no trial held for Peyvand, nor sentencing, and no evidence presented to justify the false charges against him. While many prisoners have been released in recent weeks, due to the ongoing crisis in the country, he remains in custody alongside other Baha’is targeted for their beliefs. Since the beginning of the Islamic Republic, in 1979, Iran’s government has consistently and systematically scapegoated the Baha’is during national crises through false allegations and coordinated disinformation and hate campaigns through the media. Peyvand faces a similar situation. On 28 February, authorities accused him of the preposterous allegation of being involved in the deaths of three Basij security agents during the January protests, despite the fact that he was already in detention at the time of the alleged attack. He was also falsely accused of celebrating the death of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, an event he had no knowledge of as a prisoner without access to communications. His family fears the fabricated charges against him could be used to justify action against him. From mid-March, for a period of ten days, Peyvand faced constant and severe torture, interrogation, and denial of food and water. His hands and feet were bound for 48 hours, he was tied to a wall, and beaten on repeated occasions. For a further three days, he was continuously beaten and abused, his beliefs as a Baha’i were denigrated, he was psychologically tortured and interrogated by two agents, as well enduring the mock executions, all in an effort to extract the false confession. A relative of Peyvand, who is outside Iran, says that his physical and psychological health are collapsing due to his mistreatment. “Peyvand has been subjected to mock executions on two separate occasions,” the relative said, adding that during short conversations with family members during visits, he “broke down in tears” from the extreme psychological pressure. After the first mock execution, Peyvand told his family that he had refused to confess, the relative said. He was “visibly traumatized and distraught” when describing the second episode which escalated to the point where the stool was almost kicked from beneath his feet,” the relative added, but he continues to insist on his innocence. Human rights groups have repeatedly documented Iran’s use of torture, interrogations, and mock executions in order to extract false confessions. “Peyvand Naimi is being tortured and even facing mock executions to confess to crimes he did not commit,” said Simin Fahandej, Baha’i International Community Representative to the UN in Geneva. “The Islamic Republic does not have a single shred of evidence for these accusations. If it did, it would not have to resort to torture to extract a false confession. There is only one reason for this cruel treatment, and it is that Peyvand is a Baha’i. It is the same reason Iran’s government has persecuted and discriminated against an entire innocent community for almost five decades.” Peyvand is currently being kept in solitary confinement at Kerman Prison and is experiencing ongoing and involuntary eye twitching and gastrointestinal distress. Prison officials are denying him medical care. “The brutal treatment of Peyvand, an innocent young man, shows that the Iranian government’s scapegoating of the Baha’i community knows no bounds,” Ms. Fahandej said. “For five decades, it has shown an unimaginable cruelty to the Baha’is, to coerce them to abandon their beliefs. The international community must act fast and insist Iran stop its senseless targeting of Baha’is. And it must act now.” Background information: timeline of events 🔹On 28 February, while exercising in the yard of Kerman Prison, to which he had been transferred, Peyvand Naimi was taken to the IRGC detention center for a second time and placed in solitary confinement. He was later returned again to Kerman Prison. 🔹Agents claimed he had been celebrating the death of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, which had occurred earlier that day, but as a prisoner without access to communications Mr. Naimi did not even know this had happened. His family was later also told he was being punished on the basis of this accusation. 🔹Peyvand was then accused by the IRGC agents of being involved in a violent attack on Basij (paramilitary) forces on the evening of 8 January, one of the nights of the Iranian government’s violent crackdown during the January protests. 🔹Peyvand was detained on the morning of 8 January, before the deaths of the Basij officers, meaning he could not have been involved in the alleged attack nor committed the crime of which he is accused. 🔹Peyvand was permitted a brief telephone call to his family on 7 March, during which he said he was facing new false charges and was being pressured to confess, and that he would not be coerced to falsely confess against himself on this occasion #PeyvandNaimi source: bic.org/news/young-bah…

They want to hang them in Iran for protesting. Will you stand with us and be their voice? In the middle of war the regime in iran hanged a19 year old wrestler, and now they are pushing forward more death sentences against those arrested during the uprising. This young Baha’i man in Iran, Peyvand Naeimi, is facing execution after being tortured, interrogated, and put through two mock hangings. Two times they walked him to death. Two times they made him believe it was over. Then they brought him back just to break him further. He was arrested during protests for demanding change. Best friends and family are worried for his conditions in prison. Please be join me and be his voice before it’s too late. #StopExecutionsInIran 💔

بعضی از مدعیان «ایران‌شناسی» که با تحریف تاریخ ساسانی و سؤاستفادۀ سیاسی از آن، توسعه‌طلبیِ نظامی جمهوری اسلامی و جنایت‌های جنگی این رژیم در سوریه را برای حفظ امنیت ایرانیان لازم می‌دانستند، اکنون می‌گویند «نباید سوریه را ول می‌کردیم»! نازی‌ها نیز برای توجیه اشغال و استعمار اوکراین ادعا می‌کردند که این کشور بخشی از «فضای زندگی»ای است که آلمانی‌ها به آن احتیاج دارند! اما سرانجام نازی‌ها در اواخر سال ۱۹۴۴ از اوکراین بیرون رانده شدند. بعدها سران نازی که اوکراینِ اشغالی را «غنیمت جنگیِ گران‌بها» می‌خواندند، از دست دادن اوکراین را ضربه‌ای مهلک به ماشین جنگی نازیسم دانستند. فاشیسم و فاشیعیسم دو روی یک سکه‌اند. #DigitalBlackOutIran‌

Instead of focusing on the diaspora, spend your time writing about the Islamic Republic’s oppression of its own people. It is far more important and relevant. Writing about the diaspora is just a intentional distraction.

@Flushmint @Amoody408 A personal attack if this type says more about you than the one you are trying to belittle.

@Amoody408 کثافتی مزدور رو مشاهده می‌کنید به نام آرمان نوچه مسیح علی‌نژاد که تا دیروز داشت ساز جنگ و میزد و از خداش بود رو سر مردم بمب بریزن حالا که مردم ناراضین میخواد عقب نشینی کنه و هنوز بهونه نقطه زنی میاره. این خیارشور سیاسی باید از فضای سیاسی توییتر بایکوت باشه.

How deeply I love my people. A people made of tender hearts, of poetry, of memory. There is an account that receives messages from Iranians in exile. They write with longing, asking to see once more a street, a corner, a fragment of a city that still lives inside them. And @golshan_fathi goes, quietly and faithfully, and films those places so they may glimpse their homeland again, if only through a screen. What kind of people do this for one another? We are not without flaws. We carry our wounds, our contradictions. But I have never known a people with such a boundless instinct for tenderness, such a readiness to give love to those they have never met. Even in exile, even in distance, even in loss, we find ways to return each other home. 💔💔💔💔 #iran #wearelove @omid9 @AlinejadMasih

میخواستم روزنوشت امروز رو تموم کنم، بیش از ۲۰ پیام گذاشته بود که امروز تولدشه، من خسته بودم و نمیخواستم دوباره برم بیرون. با بی حالی داستان زندگی‌شو خوندم، موسس یه مزون تو هفت تیر بوده که بعد از آبان ۹۸ و پناه دادن به معترضین مجبور شده کشور رو ترک کنه. مزونش مصادره و به شخصی در مزایده واگذار شده میخواست تولدش رو با تصویر جایی ببینه که حاصل ده سال عمرش بوده داستانش رو که خوندم حتی لباسامم عوض نکردم رفتم و به جاش حسرت زندگی و کاری که ساخت و خاکشو خورد در هفت تیر رو با عمق جانم کشیدم.. بمیرم برای غربتت💔💔🫂🫂 #جنگ #تهران

برای آن‌هایی که در پس‌کوچه‌های باغیِ درکه و اوین، بی‌صدا عاشق شدند… این فیلم، ساختمان هنرمندان درکه است؛ برای عزیزی که از من خواست اینجا را برایش ثبت کنم، برای دلتنگیِ سنگینی که از پدرش به دوش می‌کشد 🫂 درکه و اوین خاطره‌ی زنده‌اند؛ دیوارهای کوتاهِ کاهگلی که هنوز بوی آفتاب می‌دهند، یاس و رزهایی که از لبه‌ی شیروانی‌های زنگ‌زده‌ی قدیمی سر می‌کشند، انگار هنوز کسی را صدا می‌زنند… هنوز کسی را به یاد می‌آورند. از آن کوچه‌ها که رد می‌شوی، ناگهان سایه‌ی سنگینِ درِ پشتیِ زندان اوین روی دل می‌افتد؛ تضادی تلخ میان زندگی و حبس، میان عطر گل و بوی اضطراب. و کوچه‌ی سرهنگ عشقی، که اسمش هم مثل خودش، پر از قصه‌های ناگفته مانده. یادت هست؟ ظرف‌های چاغاله‌بادامِ خیس، بلال‌های داغی که از درکه می‌خریدیم، و راهی که تا خانه در ماشین می‌خندیدیم و می‌خوردیم، بی‌خبر از این‌که همین لحظه‌ها، روزی می‌شوند تمام آن چیزی که دلتنگش خواهیم شد. جلوتر ایست بازرسی بود. نتوانستم فیلم بگیرم. #جنگ #تهران

🚨⚠️ صدای بی‌صدایان باشید. #زهرا_حجت که خود را «مادر ۴۰۰ دختر» می‌داند، سال‌ها از دختران دارای معلولیت در مؤسسه همدم مشهد مراقبت و حمایت کرده است. هنگامی که نیروهای سپاه قصد استقرار در این مؤسسه و استفاده از این دختران معلول به عنوان سپر انسانی را داشتند، با مقاومت و مخالفت این مسئول انسان‌دوست روبه‌رو شدند. در نتیجه، سپاه تروریستی زهرا حجت را ربود و تا این لحظه اطلاعات دقیقی از محل نگهداری و وضعیت او در دست نیست. #زندانی_سیاسی_آزاد_باید_گردد #زن_زندگی_آزادی #DigitalBlackoutIran

Peyvand, a young Bahai is innocent. The regime keeps torturing him in an effort to force him to confess to crime that will result in his execution. This is the Islamic Republic. #ReleasePeyvand

🚨⚠️ جان #پیوند_نعیمی به شدت در خطر است. 🔻 او زندانی سیاسی و جوان ۳۰ ساله بهایی است که ۱۸ دی ماه در کرمان دستگیر شد و تحت شدیدترین شکنجه‌های جسمی و روانی از جمله دو بار #اعدام_نمایشی قرار گرفت. اتهام او مشارکت در قتل سه بسیجی عنوان شده، در حالی که این اتفاق "پس از بازداشت او رخ داده است." همچنین رفتار او در زندان پس از مرگ خامنه‌ای به‌عنوان «شادی کردن» تعبیر شده است. به گفته خانواده‌اش، پیوند به علت شکنجه‌ها دچار مشکلات جسمی متعدد شده اما از دسترسی به درمان محروم است و هنوز در سلول‌های انفرادی زندان کرمان نگهداری می‌شود. او قهرمان شنا و واترپلو و مربی سگ، تنها به دلیل بهایی بودن از آرزوهای زندگی‌اش محروم شد. ⚖️ صدای این جوان بی‌گناه باشیم. #IranMassacre

For years, the Baha’i community in Iran has faced systematic persecution by the Islamic Republic. From being banned from universities, having their properties confiscated, and imprisonment, to torture and executions. Now, Payvand Naeimi, a young Baha’i prisoner in Kerman, is at serious risk of execution after being subjected to severe physical and psychological torture to force a confession. Be his voice.