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@afarro9.bsky.social

Community volunteer and campaigner with legal and arts training, love & wonder forever, committed to peace ن

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Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

08.03.2026 02:19 — 👍 25121    🔁 8035    💬 784    📌 327

1/ Timothy Snyder posted this at 2am. He's right. But the full picture is even worse than he describes.

Here's what I've found about the evidence and implications

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08.03.2026 12:06 — 👍 46    🔁 35    💬 1    📌 5
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Protect the CHILDREN..

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

08.03.2026 23:45 — 👍 22    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay

Here’s to the women who lift others up, speak truth, show kindness, and keep moving forward, even on the difficult days.

The world is better because of you

08.03.2026 09:57 — 👍 777    🔁 117    💬 6    📌 3
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" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay

08.03.2026 05:50 — 👍 963    🔁 243    💬 1    📌 3

Imagine living in a country funding a livestreamed genocide, starving other countries, building concentration camps at home, shooting protestors, arresting people for abortion, & led by puppets who allowed the 1% to steal all the wealth & rape children...

& still... doing nothing. Totally cooked.

13.02.2026 18:01 — 👍 167    🔁 98    💬 9    📌 3
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Iran school and nearby military base struck multiple times, satellite image reveals Iranian authorities say the attack, which took place on Saturday, killed 168 people.

BBC Verify has pieced together verified videos, satellite imagery and expert views after a deadly attack near a primary school in Minab, souther Iran, which suggest the area was hit more than once "by multiple simultaneous or near-simultaneous strikes".

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.03.2026 19:14 — 👍 554    🔁 369    💬 14    📌 31
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Eight years ago, Galal El-Behairy, once called “the poet of Egyptian universities” was arrested for writing the satirical song “Balaha,” which went viral for its clever lyrics mocking Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

He is still detained today. Share his poetry to show he is not forgotten.

05.03.2026 22:53 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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The brutality of war measured in children’s lives as hostilities escalate in Iran Statement by UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa

UNICEF is deeply concerned about the deadly impact the ongoing military escalation in Iran is having on children. Approximately 180 children have reportedly been killed and many more injured.

Full statement by UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa:

05.03.2026 21:57 — 👍 50    🔁 36    💬 1    📌 5
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Spanish PM Sanchez said Spain will not support actions that harm peace or contradict its values, responding to Trump's trade threats over Spain's refusal to grant US military base access. Sanchez said world politics must not be built on bombs and conflicts. #Iran

04.03.2026 11:20 — 👍 463    🔁 99    💬 12    📌 13

The brutal, despicable, and grim side of war. The burial of the 150 elementary school girls killed in American-Israeli strikes on #Iran was today.

03.03.2026 18:36 — 👍 652    🔁 307    💬 16    📌 23
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❗️Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been killed in recent US-Israeli strikes, Israel Hayom reports. #Iran

01.03.2026 13:31 — 👍 335    🔁 68    💬 19    📌 46
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People in the Iranian city of Karaj are dancing and celebrating following the confirmation of Khamenei's death. Few IRGC or Basij units are visible on the streets nationwide, with only scattered clashes reported. #Iran

28.02.2026 21:51 — 👍 625    🔁 177    💬 28    📌 35
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A statue of Khamenei is torn down in Galleh Dar, Fars province, Iran. #Iran.

28.02.2026 22:30 — 👍 941    🔁 192    💬 52    📌 21
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Iranian here. The loudest voices in the room do not represent all of our voices. You can be against the regime AND not want a war.

02.03.2026 22:17 — 👍 529    🔁 119    💬 4    📌 4
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Public libraries to receive £150k government cash boost with new strategy promised

The government has announced it will give public libraries a cash boost of up to £150,000 in support of the National Year of Reading, including £5,000 to be split across the five regional winners of the The British Book Awards Library of the Year 2026 👇

02.03.2026 16:32 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 5    📌 25
Marjorie Lotfi
On seeing Iran in the news, I want to say

my grandmother was called Nasreen,
that she died two years ago in Tabriz
and I couldn’t go to say goodbye,
that she knew nothing of power,
nuclear or otherwise. I want to say
that the bonfires for Chahar Shanbeh Suri
were built by our neighbour’s hands;
as children we were taught to jump over
and not be caught by the flames. I want to say
my cousin Elnaz, the one born after I left,
has a son and two degrees in Chemistry,
and had trouble getting a job. I want to say
that the night we swam towards
the moon hanging over the horizon
of the Caspian Sea, we found ourselves
kneeling on a sandbar we couldn’t see
like a last gift. I want to say
I’m the wrong person to ask.

Marjorie Lotfi On seeing Iran in the news, I want to say my grandmother was called Nasreen, that she died two years ago in Tabriz and I couldn’t go to say goodbye, that she knew nothing of power, nuclear or otherwise. I want to say that the bonfires for Chahar Shanbeh Suri were built by our neighbour’s hands; as children we were taught to jump over and not be caught by the flames. I want to say my cousin Elnaz, the one born after I left, has a son and two degrees in Chemistry, and had trouble getting a job. I want to say that the night we swam towards the moon hanging over the horizon of the Caspian Sea, we found ourselves kneeling on a sandbar we couldn’t see like a last gift. I want to say I’m the wrong person to ask.

my grandmother was called Nasreen,
that she died two years ago in Tabriz
and I couldn’t go to say goodbye,
that she knew nothing of power,
nuclear or otherwise…

—Marjorie Lotfi, “On seeing Iran in the news, I want to say”
in THE WRONG PERSON TO ASK, @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social 2023
#poem #poetry

01.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Live: Khamenei's body has been found and he is confirmed dead, Israeli official says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were many signs indicating Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "is no longer", without explicitly confirming his death.

www.reuters.com/world/iran-c...

28.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Update #IranProtests (274):

Mensen in Teheran juichen na het nieuws over de dood van Khamenei!

28.02.2026 20:21 — 👍 50    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 1
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BREAKING: Patients & staff impacted by corridor care join MPs outside Parliament to call for govt to stop this crisis.

Each day in UK hospitals, patients are treated in corridors, waiting rooms, even store cupboards. There are 16,600 AVOIDABLE deaths every year. This must end.

Repost if you agree

25.02.2026 15:49 — 👍 9    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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NHS staff hold protest outside Parliament demanding end to corridor care HEALTH workers and MPs held a protest outside Parliament today demanding Wes Streeting put a stop to the “death sentence” that is corridor care and open 5,000 unused NHS beds.Unions, campaigners and c...

Our successful protest yesterday outside parliament drew the attention of several MPs who were presented with our briefing and the opportunity to follow up.

Corridor care is extremely dangerous for patients and traumatising for staff - it must end NOW.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/nhs-...

26.02.2026 15:43 — 👍 42    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 1
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Tell the government: stop extreme weather destroying lives Floods. Coastal erosion. Droughts. Wildfires. Homes destroyed. Lives shattered. Climate breakdown isn’t a distant threat. It’s happening now, and communities across the UK are on the frontlines. No on...

I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to demand the government protects us all from the impacts of extreme weather and the #ClimateEmergency. Add your name too: foe.uk/cg86r

26.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'The commandments...are summed up in this one command: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' Love does no harm to a neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.' (Romans 13: 9-10) #Valentines #AshWednesday #GoldenRule #love #law #Jesus #interfaith #lovereign

21.02.2026 15:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stop the attack on our right to protest The government is planning new powers that could seriously restrict your right to protest. Under these proposals, police could limit or block protests based on the so-called “cumulative impact” of pas...

Our right to protest is under threat. I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to stop new police powers that could shut down many peaceful protests and weaken our democratic rights. Add your name too: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/rig... #FreedomOfAssembly #protest #FreedomOfSpeech

18.02.2026 14:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ncer @OpenBritainHQ #proportionalrepresentation #MakeVotesCount

15.02.2026 23:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Update #IranProtests (204): Een enorme golf v wereldwijde solidariteit: 14 feb was een historische dag in de strijd v het Iraanse volk voor vrijheid & democratie!
Naar schatting een miljoen Iraniërs in de diaspora namen deel aan de wereldwijde demonstraties, zoals bevestigd door de lokale politie. >

15.02.2026 09:57 — 👍 38    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 0
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Rund 250.000 protestieren gegen das Regime im Iran Auf der Kundgebung forderten Redner einen friedlichen, demokratischen Neuanfang im Iran.

Rund 250.000 protestieren gegen das Regime im Iran #Iran #Demonstration

14.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 157    🔁 46    💬 7    📌 3
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Met Police to stop arrests for holding Palestine Action signs after ruling The High Court ruled the Government's ban unlawful but the proscription order remains in place pending appeal

DROP THE CHARGES

Next Monday, 32 people are scheduled to make their first appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

They have been charged with a terror-related offence for holding placards supporting Palestine Action at a demonstration last August.

www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...

15.02.2026 14:24 — 👍 55    🔁 24    💬 4    📌 1
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Love for nature, we must protect nature as much as possible for us and our children #nature #biodiversity #wild #wildlife #environment #oceans #rivers #seas #ShowTheLove2026

14.02.2026 22:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Love, prayers and freedom for Iran. Prayers for all those killed, arrested, injured. #FreedomForIran #IranRevolution #IranProtests #Iran #WomenLifeFreedom

14.02.2026 22:33 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0