New NATIONAL Reuters/Ipsos poll:
Sanders - 20% (+2)
Biden - 19%
Warren - 12%
Bloomberg - 9%
Buttigieg - 6%
Bernie Sanders climbs in popularity, now tied with Biden among registered voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll reut.rs/38eNPH2
Bahman Kalbasi
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Bahman Kalbasi
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NYC/UN Correspondent: BBC: Persian Service. Iran, US politics & some Canada.
- This man is a Professor at Yale University. His wife and new born are now separated from him due to the #MuslimBan.
- French actress Juliette Binoche and a number of other well known French women cut part of their hair in solidarity with Iranian women protesting the regime in Tehran. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
- This has broken Persian social media tonight. So many of us have cried listening to it over and over. The artist Shervin Hajipour has summed up the deep national sadness and pain Iranians have been feeling for decades, culminating in the tragedy of #MahsaAmini. #مهسا_امینی
00:00 - Awkward moment in UN Security Council just now. Ukraine FM asked members to stand for a moment of silence in memory of lives lost to Russian aggression. Russian diplomats refused to stand saying they will only do so if it is in memory of all victims since 2014. Watch the rest.
00:00 - Dramatic footage of a passenger plane belonging to #Iran’s Caspian airline landing in the middle of the street in Mahshahr (same city that many were killed in Nov. protest) this happened in the last hour. Witness who got the footage didn’t know if there were any casualties.
00:00 - The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic to the UN claimed his government respects human rights and supports freedom of assembly. He didn't take questions and remained silent when I chased him down the hall asking in Persian and English why his government keeps murdering Iranians.
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00:00 - Extremely worrying news of regime forces surrounding Iran’s most prestigious university, Sharif Uni., and violently attacking students and faculty tonight. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
00:00 - University students in Mashhad, Iran’s second largest city, chant: “Referendum is the nation’s demand.” #MahsaAmini
00:00- Good News: Award winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi is released following months of unlawful detention. This came after he announced he will go on dry hunger strike 48 hours ago. #JafarPanahi #جعفر_پناهی
Famed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has gone on hunger strike in protest to his unlawful detention in Tehran’s Evin prison. His wife just posted his letter explaining how he will refrain from drinking, eating or taking medicine as his last resort to fight his detention. - These two are in NYC right now. On UN visit! Kazem GharibAbadi, is Deputy to Islamic Republic’s judiciary. The same judiciary that has imprisoned over 12 thousand protesters and issuing death sentences. Zoreh Elahian, is an MP. 227 MPs asked for death penalty for protesters.
- US media has extraordinary power in the coming hours as this President’s decision making is partly/largely based on their reaction especially on cable news. Goad him or call him weak if he doesn’t respond & you will have played a key role in triggering a horrific regional war.
