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Journalist @BBCMonitoring. Covering Iran and its relations with the Middle East, Caucasus and Russia.
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Although Tehran has not complained about the lack of military support from Russia and China during the 12-day Iran-Israel war, many voices in Iran felt abandoned by them.
Read my analysis on BBC Persian if the "Look to the East" policy has failed to protect Iran.
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New satellite images released by Maxar show the extent of damage at Iran's Shahid Rajaee port following a huge explosion on 26 April vs how it used to look like.
A large crater is visible where the main blast occured, with damage to surrounding containers and buildings.
Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents of Mariupol.
BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
@mfa_russia 💬 #Zakharova: April marks three years since the bloody hoax in #Bucha, staged by the Zelensky regime and its Western handlers. The organisers of the staging are making sure there is no objective investigation, they keep lying.
There is, of course, a mountain of visual evidence documenting the killings of civilians in Bucha.
Claims by Russian government officials at the time that videos and images of dead civilians in Bucha were "staged" were so bad that they were easily debunked within hours.
OK, finally managed to upload the video too.
28.03.2025 10:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Unfortunately, unable to upload the Babolsar video here for some reason.
27.03.2025 19:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It is unclear whether it's shift in policy, but some Iranians online suggested 🇮🇷 feared Trump. Tomorrow Iran marks Quds(Jerusalem)Day holding rallies across country when usually "death to Israel" & "death to America" slogans are chanted. Hard to imagine for 🇮🇷 to drop "Death to 🇺🇸" chant though. 4/4
27.03.2025 19:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Today, during a state-organised pro-Palestinian naval rally in the Caspian coastal town of Babolsar in 🇮🇷, a man was heard in a state TV report calling for removing 🇺🇸 placed next to 🇮🇱 and asking to burn only 🇮🇱. The US flag was removed, but another man burnt it anyway, as seen in the video. 3/4
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Picture by Iran International jusxtaposing pictures from unveiling of IRGC base last year with both US and Israeli flags painted on the floor and only Israeli flag painted this year
Media outlets pointed out that 🇺🇸 was painted next to 🇮🇱 in similar unveilings last year. It was reported in January that 🇺🇸 was also removed from the floor of Iran's government building. 2/4
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Screenshot from Iranian state TV on 25 March showing an unveiling of an IRGC missile facility where two senior commanders are walking over an Israeli flag painted on the floor.
Iranian domestic and foreign-based media have observed that a US flag was not painted on the floor next to an Israeli flag in an IRGC missile facility unveiled on 25 March. It is a common practice in Iran to paint the two flags on floor or ground for people to walk over and trample on them. 1/4
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This is the video we made one week on from President Trump and President Zelensky meeting in the Oval Office. It's a week that included the US pausing military aid to Ukraine - and Russia continuing to attack. (First published 7.3.25) www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3x9...
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Our latest video takes five minutes to look at Donald Trump's history with Ukraine. It's produced by Catherine Karelli. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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@TuckerCarlson One of the most striking things about yesterday’s Zelensky press conference was Lindsey Graham’s reaction to it. The two are old friends, but Graham disavowed him within the hour. This was more than just transactional disloyalty. It was scapegoating. Lindsey Graham knows what’s coming. Over the past three years, with the tacit support of its western patrons, the Ukrainian government has committed a remarkable number of serious crimes. The Ukrainians sold huge quantities of American weapons on the international black market at twenty cents on the dollar. These weapons are now in the hands of armed groups around the world, including Hamas, the Mexican drug cartels and the forces now controlling Syria. God knows what the Ukrainians have done with the pathogens in American biolabs in their country. Even US intel agencies aren’t sure. The Ukrainians have also murdered a number of people in various countries in political assassinations, and tried to murder others, including American journalists and a European head of state. This is all true, and it’s all going to come out at some point. Better to start blaming it on Zelensky now.
Tucker Carlson claims that Ukraine has been selling "huge quantities of American weapons on the black market", which he says have been bought by Hamas, Mexican drug cartels and the HTS in Syria.
This is a claim pushed by the Kremlin for nearly three years, but there's no evidence for it.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's tweet in Ukrainian on 1 March 2025 saying that the situation in Ukraine shows that the West's support for its allies is a "mirage". He advises those who rely on the US or Europe's support to "look at the situation in Ukraine today". The tweet at the end shows the original time for the statement - 1 March 2025.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's tweet in Persian on 1 March 2025 saying that the situation in Ukraine shows that the West's support for its allies is a "mirage". He advises those who rely on the US or Europe's support to "look at the situation in Ukraine today". The tweet at the end shows the original time for the statement - 1 March 2025.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's tweet in Persian on 1 March 2022 saying that the situation in Ukraine shows that the West's support for its allies is a "mirage". He advises those who rely on the US or Europe's support to "look at the situation in Ukraine today and Afghanistan yesterday".
Khamenei yesterday tweeted in Ukrainian (and Persian) a message he tweeted three years ago, days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that the West's support for allies is "mirage", giving Ukraine as example. Interesting, he omitted another example he had named in the original tweet - Afghanistan.
02.03.2025 20:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0...against the dependence on Russia, saying that Tehran's arms supply to Moscow have further complicated its relations with the West. On the other hand, use of Shahed drones in Ukraine gave them some publicity and Iran is reportedly now selling them to some African countries, including Sudan.
24.02.2025 12:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Iran and Russia have boosted their ties, including the military cooperation, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, it is unclear if Russia is willing to sell valuable fighter jets to Iran when it is engaged in the largest war in Europe since WW2. Dissenting voices in Iran have argued...
24.02.2025 12:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0...Russia to overhaul its aging fleet, but there have not been any reports of their delivery to Iran. Many have argued that Tehran expects those jets in exchange for Iranian drones Moscow is using in its war against Ukraine (Iran still denies it is supplying arms to Russia "to be used in Ukraine")..
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Iran's Russian-made Yak-130 fighter jet with an Iranian flag on its tail and inscription IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) 7-9700 on its side
As the world is marking the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Iran used the Russian-made Yak-130 fighter jet in a military drill for the first time today. Iran announced in September 2023 receiving Yak-130 jets from Russia. Iran has for years sought buying Su-35 jets from...
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