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Jomana Karadsheh Scott
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Jomana Karadsheh Scott
@JomanaCNN
CNN correspondent in London previously based in Turkey, Jordan,Iraq and Libya. Opinions here are my own & retweets not an endorsement.
- It’s Iranian dissident rapper #Toomaj Salehi’s birthday. Arrested,disappeared &facing charges that carry the death penalty -for his music- in the Islamic Republic.His uncle Eghbal wrote him this message (Translation in thread below 1/4) #ToomajSalehi #Mahsa_Aminiمهساامینی #Iran
- In the month+ since this live report, the death toll in Iran has more than doubled. At least 11 protesters have been sentenced to death& today #Iran’s regime executed the 1st protester. Report below with a bit more about these “sham trials”. #MohsenShekari #HumanRights14 thousand people are behind bars in #Iran for taking part in protests. Many accused of “war against God” & “corruption on earth”& facing the death penalty.Some facing revolutionary court judge in Tehran who was sanctioned by US- “the judge of death”. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی
00:00 - Discussing arrest of #Kurdish #Iranian footballer #VoriaGhafouri w/ @IsaCNN.I’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve reported on high profile figures arrested by the regime for supporting the protests. 14k+ men,women&children arrested in 70+ days.#Iran #وریا_غفوری #مهساامینی
00:00 - 2+ months ago we reported on rapper #ToomajSalehi .He’s still in jail.Still facing the death penalty in a country where at least 4 protesters have been executed after what rights groups say are fast tracked sham trials &many like Toomaj are at risk.#FreeToomaj #توماج_صالحی #iran#Toomaj_Salehi a brave & outspoken rapper was arrested & is facing the death penalty.His crime-his lyrics. That’s what happens to those demanding their rights in #Iran. Our report w/ @ArtemisChats @celinealkhaldi @ANPour @o_featherstone #FreeToomaj #توماج_صالحی #MahsaAmini
- #Iran has executed a protester. #MohsenShekari is the 1st.. at least 10 others have been sentenced to death in what rights groups say are “sham” & “show” trials- they warn many others could face the same fate. #IranProtests
- Almost daily .. heartbreaking pleas from mothers begging a ruthless regime to free their children “He started work at 14…he was the breadwinner of the household” #MajidKazemi’s mom says..his grandmother asks to pardon him for “the sake of his grandmother” #StopExecutionsInIran“Majid is so kind, so good, so genial… I beg you, for the sake of his grandmother, pardon him.” Mother and grandmother of #MajidKazemi, who was recently sentenced to death in Iran, are pleading for his life. If you listen closely, you can hear more crying in the background. 💔
00:00 - Activist warning ongoing bloody crackdown in Kurdish region &town of #Javanrood going to get worse & death toll continues to rise in what @Hengaw_English says is a “significant increase in brutality” by #Iran regime forces shooting directly&deliberately at protesters #MahsaAmini
00:00 - 14 thousand people are behind bars in #Iran for taking part in protests. Many accused of “war against God” & “corruption on earth”& facing the death penalty.Some facing revolutionary court judge in Tehran who was sanctioned by US- “the judge of death”. #MahsaAmini #مهسا_امینی00:00
- Iranians are rising up for their most basic of human rights, women’s right to choose.. freedom. This is not just about the #Hijab as some have farmed it over the past few months. Our report -produced by @celinealkhaldi. #MahsaAmini #Iran #WomanLifeFreedom #زن_زندگی_آزادی.@andersoncooper of @CNN reports #MohammadBoroghani’s execution was suspended after international outrage over the execution of four protesters. CNN international correspondent @JomanaCNN reports the government of #Iran has enforced stricter mandatory #Hijab laws. #kayhanlife
00:00 - Speaking to @CNN the daughters of a #Uyghur man behind bars in #SaudiArabia are appealing to @POTUS to save their father. He is one of 4 Uyghurs -including a 13 yr old girl -facing the imminent risk of deportation to #China. edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2… 1/7
- The @UN_HRC meets tomorrow on #Iran amid growing calls for an independent investigative &accountability mechanism. @GissouNia says "What would be absolutely shameful is if that 47-member body votes no" to creating such a mechanism” #MahsaAmini #مهساامینی
00:00 - فعالین از سرکوب خونین در اقلیم کردستان و شهر #جوانرود و بدتر شدن اوضاع هشدار دادند و گفتند که تعداد کشتهها در چیزی که @Hengaw_English آنرا «افزایش چشمگیر وحشیگری» توسط نیروهای رژیم ایران که مستقیماً و عمداً به سمت معترضان شلیک میکنند نامید، همچنان در حال افزایش است #مهساامینی
00:00 - Our latest on the situation in #Iran’s Kurdish region. Towns turned into war zones.Rights monitor @Hengaw_English’s @RamyarHassani tells us they fear the worst is yet to come. #Iran #Kurdistan #Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی #TwitterKurds #IranProtests #اعتصابات_سراسری
