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Sina Toossi

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senior fellow @CIPolicy | tweets mostly on Iran, US foreign policy, Middle East | bylines @ForeignAffairs, @ForeignPolicy, etc.

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Iranian journalist Mohammad Parsi captures the sentiment of many Iranians during election time about how authorities ease restrictions to bolster voter turnout:

'I wish the elections could be postponed for a few months. Ever since the Parliament, the government, and the

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Clarification: The Iranian newspaper Fareekhteghan, where I saw this news, reported that this was Faezeh Hashemi.

But other Iranian outlets are saying that is another daughter of Hashemi Rafsanjani, Fatemeh Hashemi.

It appears that Faezeh is currently still in prison:

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Ahmet Dursun(@adursun353) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Faezeh Hashemi was not there but her sister Fatema Hashemi attended to rally along with two former VP Molavardi and Ebtekari. I think Faezeh still in prison.

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American military says it has spent about $1 billion fighting the Houthis to support Israel's Gaza War.

It has conducted more than 450 strikes and intercepting 200 drones and missiles.

U.S. officials worry that the conflict is simply not sustainable.

“Their supply of weapons

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Iman You may be right. I can't quite make out what she looks like here. I went off what what Farheekhtegan said.

However, it seems like she was temporarily released in March of this year (asriran.com/fa/news/950028/) and her lawyer said on May 14 that 'her situation is similar to those

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“I think I would like the government to worry about our lifetimes, not the lifetime of this dysfunctional airplane.” - Bill Hartung , Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft

On this week’s episode of The Weekly Show, @JonStewart is joined by

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👇A chart of polls from Iran's 2013 presidential election shows the dramatic rise of Hassan Rouhani, who's support surged in the final days from 3% to over 19%.

This was attributed to endorsements from prominent figures like Khatami & Rafsanjani and his debate performance.

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Two great pieces from Crisis Group's Gulf teams this week you should not miss! Dina Esfandiary Ali Vaez Anna Jacobs

1) A much-needed update on the thaw in relations between and , and how to fortify the calm even amid regional storms

crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…

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Notably, *all* of this expansion occurred after Donald Trump followed Mark’s advice and scrapped the nuclear deal. They didn’t have a plan to stop it either, but that’s intentional since their goal is a regime change war.

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Arash Azizi آرش عزیزی(@arash_tehran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

۴۲۰۰ لایک… فکر کنید مطالبه رسمی کسی این باشه که بیمار سرطانی افغانستانی باید درمان نشه چون پول نداره…

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در باب تبدیل شدن واژه چپ در ادبیات سیاسی امروز ایرانیان به یک کیسه بوکس نامفهموم

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