Arash Azizi
@arash_tehran · Iran watchers, nuclear experts & opposition
Arash Azizi is a historian and the author of The Shadow Commander, a biography of Qassem Soleimani.
“Therefore, Israel must decide how it envisions the future of its relations with Lebanon. Is the goal a war of attrition and prolonged military presence, or an attempt to seize the rare window of opportunity that has emerged to build a different reality?”
So Benny Gantz is running despite almost definitely falling below threshold?
“Why did Hamas do what it did on October 7? What exactly was the goal? And who gave Hamas the authority to gamble with the lives and futures of two million Palestinians in Gaza? But answering that would require actually listening to Palestinians in Gaza and what they think about Hamas.”
Breaking: the regime has changed in Iran
Joint List’s candidates now include the Iranian-born Jewish Israeli writer Orly Noy
Israeli peace movement welcomes UK’s sanctions
Israel’s far-right now takes the position that Falklands belong to Argentina, a classic far-left position in many countries. What it tells you? National disputes don’t inherently map onto left or right
Interesting framing of the Black-Palestinian relationship/alliance in American politics -- it's a an eternally fascinating topic, worthy of a book of grand history that looks at Black, Jewish and Palestinian relationships in America during the longe duree
Best of luck to the Gaza Cinema Academy
Spoke to @samianakhoul of Reuters on the latest in Iran https://t.co/qyB5ddymZT https://t.co/gI3JaNXnNE
Yemen conflict heating up, more than 140 dead today
Don't forget the men and women of Iran https://t.co/LV4ETw2rZy
Naftali Bennet showing he is totally clueless. The idea of "working with Saudis, Emiratis and Egypt against Qatar" is entirely and totally baseless.
A top public intellectual close to the West-facing section of the Iranian establishment
In the old days, Israel would try hard not to make enemies anywhere and find friends everywhere. Now Netanyahu is smearing as enemies 1) Turkey's president despite Ankara having been a key partner for Israel for years and to this day 2) Mayor of NYC who has done nothing against Israel 3) President of Palestine whose recognition of Israel is historic and and crucial. Israel has lost the plot
On JCPOA of 2015
Haddad often passes himself as "just an Israeli Arab" defending his country. He is now running as a lead candidate for a far-right party which shows his true politics. The party advocates ethnic cleansing of Gaza out of its Palestinian population
More than a dozen innocent Iranian civilians have been killed by US attacks in recent days https://t.co/dIKH5jOjKy
Qalibaf’s office denied Marashi’s claims on Iran-China. Now a member of Iran-China chamber of commerce says his “Chinese friends” have denied too
Feiglin is really his own form of fascism, with some support amongst the youth because he also tries to be trendy and libertarian-y. Scary stuff
Peru has cut diplomatic ties with Iran
What I wrote in December 2024, just as Sharaa's forces were taking over Syria: https://t.co/EncTNmnHsW
I hope friends listen to the whole program. My position is clear, and I want full political freedom for all Iranians. My point, however, was that if the government allows Iranians to return to the country, even if they do not have full political freedoms, that would still be a step, albeit a small one, forward.
Translated from PersianWow, big claim by a top Iranian politician: China has conditioned a Qalibaf trip to China (and expansion of Tehran-Beijing ties) on the following: 1- Iran opening the Starit 2- Not getting any tolls 3- Ending its disputes with Saudi 4- Ending its disputes with the US!
Afro-Iranians of the Lavan island https://t.co/GMpGvLaLbt
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