🚨Amid dangerous regional tensions, Iran is experiencing a surge in repression, particularly concerning women's rights.

In recent days, while the Iranian and international media's attention has been focused on the escalating crisis between the Islamic Republic and Israel, Iran…

And the Aust Federal Police, instead of waiting for them to return to Australian soil and arresting them here, notified the Indonesian authorities when they knew the penalty in Indonesia was death.

The AFP helped send them to their deaths.

Another one of their finest hours.

All those in the media who boosted #Lehrmann 's account -- and they know who they are -- must be dying of shame. Justice Lee has absolutely shredded his character and his evidence, caling it 'risible', 'an elaborate fancy' and 'a litany of lies'.

I’m so happy that Mehdi Hasan has gone independent

Fantastic journalism right here.

Colonialism is alive and well, folks.

So do I.

Women like Brittany Higgins who bravely speak out about their experiences, and journalists like Lisa Wilkinson who report their stories in the public interest, should not be put through this.

An important precedent for all women today - and for free speech.

“Mr Lehrmann raped Ms Higgins.”
There it is.

I told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that Netanyahu will stand down and refrain from escalating matters with Iran further IF Biden is very firm with him and makes it abundantly clear that the US will not accept Israel starting a regional war.

Hint. We are on the brink because a decade+ of Israeli attacks and sabotage are not held to the same standard of 'wrong' as Iran's. Gaza is the consequence. The key is the US, which so far, had been unwilling to use it's considerable leverage to reign in Israel.

Nope. It's only a 'dangerous, new phase' if you have this far, discounted Israel's regular attacks on Syria, Lebanon, Iran's embassy, a decade+ of cyberwar and sabotage of Iran. And if this situation didn't warrant worry before, ask yourself, why not?

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Planned. Prior warning ie. Civilian flights cancelled in advance. Israel has defensive shield. Iran says retaliation over. Netanyahu wants a wider war to distract from his failures in Gaza, corruption trial and ongoing growing protests for him to resign. It's a wide theatre.

Lesser discussed from yesterday's events: Israel and its Western backers were forced to reveal from where and how they would defend against an Iranian strike on Israel. This is critical information for Iran.
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Writing.
Wall.

'Tonight, the first thoughts of all Australians are with the victims of these terrible acts and their loved ones'.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken about the Bondi Junction stabbing attack. #9News

Nicaragua wants the UN’s world court to stop German arms sales to Israel amid its war on Gaza.

Other countries say they’ve already put a stop to sales, but is there a catch? Al Jazeera's Soraya Lennie ثریا لنی explains ⤵️

1- This attack is viewed by some in Iran as a declaration of war by #Israel against #Iran . It represents a shift from previous engagements, directly hitting Iranian soil represented by its consulate in Syria - as opposed to targeting IRGC officers in Syrian sites.

This is BIG - the kind of war-abetting escalation Biden claimed he was preventing.

Did Israel strike the Iranian embassy annex - ie Iranian territory - to elicit a response to justify a larger war?

Has Biden caved to Israel on regional war as well?

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Events in Damascus today indicate that Israelis have Ali Khamenei in a box.

Iran's supreme leader is being embarrassed before his own praetorian guard, and Quds Force will have increasingly hard time justifying Khamenei's indecisiveness before Iran's regional allies.

For the sake of an intellectual exercise, imagine if Iran or Russia had deliberately attacked a foreign diplomatic mission- a clear violation of Geneva Convention.

.Amwaj.media will publish on today's events in Damascus in coming hours.

For now, useful to consider context of #Israel 's other killings in #Syria in past months—incl assassination in December of the most influential IRGC-Quds Force commander in Levant.
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