Iran

[hitmouse]

At least 10 arrests as we approach the anniversary of the uprising:

Also, fundraiser for Iranian exile organising in Manchester in September:

 

[teqniq]

The regime are absolute scum /stating the obvious:

Mahsa Yazdani Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison - Hrana

Masoumeh (Mahsa) Yazdani, the mother of Mohammad-Javad Zahedi, who lost his life during the 2022 nationwide protests at the hands of regime forces, has received a 13-year prison sentence from the Sari Revolutionary Court. Yazdani’s attorney, Meysam Mousavi, has publicly disclosed the details of...

www.en-hrana.org

 

[hash tag]

Executions up, children executed, people executed on religious grounds or women not dressing correctly....

Iran ‘using Gaza conflict as cover’ for execution of 127 people since war began

Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of people put to death by Tehran regime since 7 October

www.theguardian.com

 

[not-bono-ever]

So what’s going on with these drones and US ships then ? Blates Iran

 

[teqniq]

So what’s going on with these drones and US ships then ? Blates Iran

Here you go:

Ships face Houthi-claimed attack in Red Sea as officials say a US warship also fires in self-defense

The attack Sunday potentially marks a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

apnews.com

 

[hitmouse]

Pretty massive historical/analytical article on Iran:

Class Struggle, Autonomy, and the State in Iran • Ill Will

Arya Zahedi on the origins and obstacles of Iran's revolutionary movement.

illwill.com

 

[teqniq]

Edited: I see why the guy who wrote that article I linked to below posted it again. A helicopter carrying the president has had a 'hard landing' currently his condition is unknown:

Iranian president Raisi missing after helicopter in heavy fog

Forty rescue teams have been scrambled to find the missing aircraft in a border area

www.independent.co.uk

Some analysis of new president Ebrahim Raisi’s picks for the new cabinet. None of it is good news:

Iran’s Cabinet of Hard-liners

Since his election in June and his inauguration on Aug. 3, Ebrahim Raisi had made all the right noises about forming a cabinet that would be “beyond factions,” nonpartisan and focused on bringing Iran out of the dire straits it finds itself in. On Aug. 11, all such hopes were dashed.

newlinesmag.com

(from 2021)

 

[tim]

Some eyebrows will be Raisied about this event.

So, whodunnit: Israel, the Supreme Bleader, FSB, Revolutionary Guards, CIA, Tudeh, Daesh, Mujahedeen Al Khalq or M.I.5.?

 

[tim]

Azerbaijan perhaps given that the "Hard landing" happened in Iranian Azerbaijan.

Rescuers search for Raisi helicopter– as it happened

This blog has now closed. Follow our live coverage of the search for Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter on our new blog here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[tim]

Azerbaijan perhaps given that the "Hard landing" happened in Iranian Azerbaijan.

Rescuers search for Raisi helicopter– as it happened

This blog has now closed. Follow our live coverage of the search for Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter on our new blog here.

www.theguardian.com

 

[JimW]

Azerbaijan perhaps given that the "Hard landing" happened in Iranian Azerbaijan.

Rescuers search for Raisi helicopter– as it happened

This blog has now closed. Follow our live coverage of the search for Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter on our new blog here.

www.theguardian.com

Though says he was up there inaugurating a joint dam project, albeit no love lost.
If he was being touted as potential next supreme leader, is there any else in wings with similar clout? Never a great time for a succession crisis but now probably particularly bad.

 

[kebabking]

Some eyebrows will be Raisied about this event.

So, whodunnit: Israel, the Supreme Bleader, FSB, Revolutionary Guards, CIA, Tudeh, Daesh, Mujahedeen Al Khalq or M.I.5.?

I think it was probably the ground...

 

[Dogsauce]

Something about “if you can’t take Mohammed to the mountain…”

Anyway, Fico and Raisi in one week, I guess liberalism has started flexing a bit.

 

[Bingoman]

Who's idea was to fly in the first place?

 

[Dystopiary]

Who's idea was to fly in the first place?

I wonder. In teqniq's link above it looks like ridiculous conditions to fly a helicopter in.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Some eyebrows will be Raisied about this event.

So, whodunnit: Israel, the Supreme Bleader, FSB, Revolutionary Guards, CIA, Tudeh, Daesh, Mujahedeen Al Khalq or M.I.5.?

Or God. As in Act of God, appalling visibility in bad weather.

 

[Dogsauce]

I think it was probably the ground...

We know about Jewish space lasers already, but perhaps they also have fog machines?

 

[kebabking]

Who's idea was to fly in the first place?

I think Iran's presidential administration (no idea what it's called, but you get my drift...) probably doesn't have much of a Challenge Culture.

30yo helicopter pilot: 'its a bit foggy and the met isn't great - i know it's a long drive, but it might be best if you take the car...'

Man who executes Gay men by hanging them from a crane in football stadiums: 'yeah, start the fucking chopper son, or I'll cut your balls off....'.

Helicopter starts.

 

[tim]

Live feed from PressTV which is the state propaganda station. They have it from the horses mouth, so don't believe the rumours.
"Hopefully there is going to be a discovery to be made."

Live at the Iranian Red Crescent Crisis HQ everyone is being served tea and looking rather glum (20.16)



Live

 

[tim]

Good lord. Why would anyone think it would be a good idea to fly a helicopter in that?

The guy whose twitter feed you linked to is a vile cunt. Did you not look at the other stuff he has posted?

 

[teqniq]

The guy whose twitter feed you linked too is a vile cunt. Did you not look at the other stuff he has posted?

Jeez no, I didn't.

 

[kebabking]

Wait till tomorrow. It's dark, the weather's shit, and it's mostly mountainous terrain.

When they find the helicopter, and find who was on it - and potentially - identify the bodies they find, then we'll know. Eventually.

 

[Serge Forward]

Windsor Davies memes at the ready!

 

[belboid]

Wait till tomorrow. It's dark, the weather's shit, and it's mostly mountainous terrain.

When they find the helicopter, and find who was on it - and potentially - identify the bodies they find, then we'll know. Eventually.

over night? Anyone who was on that flight is now very probably dead, by the morning its certainty.

 

[spitfire]

I think Iran's presidential administration (no idea what it's called, but you get my drift...) probably doesn't have much of a Challenge Culture.

30yo helicopter pilot: 'its a bit foggy and the met isn't great - i know it's a long drive, but it might be best if you take the car...'

Man who executes Gay men by hanging them from a crane in football stadiums: 'yeah, start the fucking chopper son, or I'll cut your balls off....'.

Helicopter starts.

I said similar to my dad earlier, pilot was told by someone, “I decide if it’s safe to fly, now get on with it.”

 

[Sue]

So, from what I can see, Raisi's hardcore fundamentalist. If he is dead/incapacitated, anyone know who's likely to replace him and whether they're likely to be less awful?

 

[PursuedByBears]

So, from what I can see, Raisi's hardcore fundamentalist. If he is dead/incapacitated, anyone know who's likely to replace him and whether they're likely to be less awful?

They're all awful?

 

[Sue]

They're all awful?

Yeah. I was kind of hoping there might be someone marginally less awful but...

 

[Balbi]

Come on folks they're incredibly dead it's a helicopter crash in bad weather in mountains.

 

[Wookey]

He didn't deserve to die in a sudden flash, on some cold, god-forsaken foggy mountainside.

He deserved to die slowly, and publicly, choking on his own tongue after a long drop on a short rope.