Nigga didn't have to do me like that, but thanks for the correction.

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Iran's Reformist Presidential candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, is now openly spreading anti-regime incitement, claiming that Mahsa Amini was killed by Iranian security forces in 2022, while this was disproven several times by independent and state doctors

He also says that the obligatory Hijab rule should be abolished, that Islam does not command Hijab, and he referred to the 2022 Western-backed anti-government riots as 'peaceful protests'.

Additionally, he calls for increased autonomy of ethnic groups within Iran, like Kurds and Turks, and has expressed Pan-Turkist ideas.

Perhaps worst of all, he advocates for a return to the Nuclear Deal and ties with the West, while knowing that it was the United States that unilaterally canceled the agreement, leaving Iran in an economic crisis.

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Pezeshkian knows that if he wants to have any chance at winning the election, he needs to produce progressively more extreme Liberal and anti-regime rhetoric, to somehow convince the masses of non-religious folks to vote for him.

🇷🇺🏴⚡️- Reports of 40 hostages being held inside a church in Makhachkala, Dagestan.

🇷🇺🏴⚡️- BTR-80s (possibly BTR-90s) from the Rosgvardia being deployed to Derbent, Dagestan.

Just 4 days until the election.

— Some thoughts:

I don't see how Iraq is supposed to be safer than Qatar. The United States carries out assassinations inside Iraqi territory on a monthly basis, with near impunity. Yes, Qatar might not be ideologically as close to Hamas, but I doubt Israel would publicly assassinate Hamas officials inside Doha.

This is clearly a politically motivated move, and Hamas obviously wants to start relying more on the Resistance Axis and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

But if they want to get closer to Iran, then why not just relocate to Tehran? Iran is much safer than Iraq, Israel or the U.S. can't just carry out airstrikes as they please within Iran. Iraq is a borderline failed state, it will be extremely hard to protect Hamas from Israeli aggression over there.

My suspicion? Hamas, despite being pro-Resistance Axis, as a Sunni movement, is still hesitant about moving to a country with a Shia government. If they moved to Iran, Hamas' opponents would use this as a way to criticize them and prove their point that 'Hamas is the dog of Iran'. Also, they probably prefer being in an Arab nation, and Iran is not Arab.

Realistically, Hamas SHOULD move to Iran. Because Iraq is a country with very low state-autonomy and a low capacity to defend Hamas officials on its territory.

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Saeed Jalili: “We have to make the enemy regret sanctioning Iran and we have the tools and necessary means to do so.” 😮‍💨🔥

Nothing confirmed yet.

— 🇾🇪 WATCH: Yemen celebrates Eid al-Ghadeer with fireworks on the captured Israeli ship, Galaxy Leader, in the Red Sea

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Literally nothing happened btw.

Russian channels hyped it up, turns out it was nothing.

— 🇦🇺 BREAKING: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been freed from prison and is on his way back to his home in Australia

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