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Historian. Journalist. PhD. Singer. Ex-BBC, Al Jazeera, Daily Beast, and all the rest. History matters. https://shirinwrites.substack.com

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Kirsti Noem out.

“Don’t let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya,” dogs, probably.

05.03.2026 20:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Iran’s Deadly Protests: Four Witnesses Describe the Bloodshed | WSJ
Iran’s Deadly Protests: Four Witnesses Describe the Bloodshed | WSJ YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal

#IranMassacre - Watch this:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=snOj...

24.02.2026 21:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Was it his birthday, too?

23.02.2026 17:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Activists hang photo of UK's Andrew in Paris' Louvre after arrest Activists from anti-billionaire campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon" on Sunday (February 22) went to the Louvre museum in Paris where they hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken...

Makes you wonder how bad the mugshot is if they’re ok with this photo of FKA Prince Andrew being in the public domain:

www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

22.02.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Activists hang photo of UK's Andrew in Paris' Louvre after arrest Activists from anti-billionaire campaign group "Everyone Hates Elon" on Sunday (February 22) went to the Louvre museum in Paris where they hung a framed photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken...

Makes you wonder how bad the mugshot is if they’re ok with this photo of FKA Prince Andrew being in the public domain:

www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

22.02.2026 23:15 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Still waiting on that FKA Prince Andrew mugshot…

21.02.2026 22:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran: Children among 30 people at risk of the death penalty amid expedited grossly unfair trials connected to uprising The Iranian authorities must immediately halt all plans to execute eight individuals sentenced to death after being convicted of committing offences during the January 2026 nationwide protests, Amnest...

Yes, the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the only governments in the world that executes children:

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

21.02.2026 22:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UNICEF calls for release of children detained during Iran protests The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for the immediate release of all children detained during the recent public unrest in Iran, expressing deep concern that minors arrested in connection with t...

Yes, the Islamic Republic of Iran unlawfully detains children at peaceful assemblies:

news.un.org/en/story/202...

21.02.2026 22:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It was a birthday surprise

19.02.2026 13:16 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Two books you need to read to understand what's going on with FKA Prince Andrew and Epstein, "Entitled" by Andrew Lownie and "Nobody's Girl" by Virginia Roberts Giuffre:

20.02.2026 12:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nobody's Girl: Virginia Slayed the Prince Thanks for reading Shirin Writes.

Nobody’s Girl: Virginia Slayed the Prince

open.substack.com/pub/shirinwr...

10.12.2025 12:27 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Trial of Charles I \The Trial of Charles I (1649): The Treason Case that Challenged the Monarchy CHARLES I The Trial of Charles I (1649) A king is put on trial and charged with treason against his own nation. Shockwaves eminate from the challenge to the institution of the monarchy, the pervading ...

The last time a British royal was arrested, his name was King Charles:

slaverylawpower.org/chapters/deb...

19.02.2026 19:37 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Deliberate targeting of vital body parts’: X-rays taken after Iran protests expose extent of catastrophic injuries Exclusive: Expert analysis of images from one hospital suggests severe trauma to the face, chest and genitals was caused by metal birdshot and high-calibre bullets

“If you’re firing those kind of weapons at people, you are trying to kill them.”

Guardian has a medical analysis of x-rays from a hospital in Iran during #IranMassacre which prove unarmed civilian protesters were shot with “live ammunition & large-gauge bullets”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

18.02.2026 21:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

It was a birthday surprise

19.02.2026 13:16 👍 32 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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“Wow”: Neil Patrick Harris Hit With Barrage of U.S. Politics Questions at Berlin ‘Sunny Dancer’ Presser: “I’m Interested in Things That Are Apolitical” Bella Ramsey, Este Haim and filmmaker George Jaques arrived at the Berlinale presser with Harris on Friday morning, where the group were asked if cinema can help fight fascism.

Hey, it's Neil Patrick Harris' prerogative if he doesn't want to talk politics because he's an artist, but the only reason I even know his name is because of his political activism.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

18.02.2026 22:12 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran security official appears to fire on crowd at cemetery It happened as people gathered to commemorate those killed during the government’s brutal crackdown on protesters

BBC Verify once again proves the Iranian people are telling the truth about what the Islamic Republic of Iran does to unarmed civilians:

"Crowds of mourners appear to have been fired on by a security official at a cemetery in Iran"

This happened yesterday.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

18.02.2026 22:10 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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From call-up to cleanup: An operative’s insider account of Tehran’s killing nights A man who says he was deployed during Tehran’s January crackdown describes watching protesters shot and helping load bodies into refrigerated trucks, including a little girl whose earrings had been ta...

A man freed from IRGC detention because he promised he'd do their bidding if they ever called got the call on #IranMassacre night & saw bodies loaded into refrigerated trucks

"including a little girl whose earrings had been taken before her body was thrown inside"

www.iranintl.com/en/202602182...

18.02.2026 21:43 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Deliberate targeting of vital body parts’: X-rays taken after Iran protests expose extent of catastrophic injuries Exclusive: Expert analysis of images from one hospital suggests severe trauma to the face, chest and genitals was caused by metal birdshot and high-calibre bullets

“If you’re firing those kind of weapons at people, you are trying to kill them.”

Guardian has a medical analysis of x-rays from a hospital in Iran during #IranMassacre which prove unarmed civilian protesters were shot with “live ammunition & large-gauge bullets”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

18.02.2026 21:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Angelina Jolie’s Persian Tattoo and Farhad Delaram’s Film Tattoo Thinking of the conditions of the tens of thousands of Iranians who are at this moment in the infamous detention centers of the Islamic Republic of Iran

You’d be courting trouble if you have a tattoo like Angelina Jolie in the Islamic Republic of Iran:

open.substack.com/pub/shirinwr...

14.02.2026 07:34 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Remember that time you panicked when the grocery store you were in for 10 minutes had no internet service?

The entire nation of Iran has been without internet access for 2 weeks now.

In the midst of a crackdown that’s left tens of thousands of civilians dead, injured & detained.

22.01.2026 11:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for doing this difficult work

21.01.2026 09:55 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ Witnesses tell of the brutality inflicted on those taking part in anti-regime protests

The casualty numbers from the Iran protests are just heartbreaking.

The Times of London so far has over 16,000 killed, 330,000 injured (many with life-altering injuries) and tens of thousands detained:

18.01.2026 09:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The readily available supply of body bags in the Islamic Republic of Iran is disturbing.

17.01.2026 10:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The readily available supply of body bags in the Islamic Republic of Iran is disturbing.

17.01.2026 10:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The readily available supply of body bags in the Islamic Republic of Iran is disturbing.

17.01.2026 10:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The readily available supply of body bags in the Islamic Republic of Iran is disturbing.

17.01.2026 10:49 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Shah Left Today Today marks 47 years since the Shah of Iran left his country for the last time.

The Shah of Iran Left Today

open.substack.com/pub/shirinwr...

17.01.2026 10:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests Doctors in Tehran tell of overwhelmed medical staff as violent crackdown intensifies

“Hundreds of eye injuries in Iranian protests”:

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

14.01.2026 16:31 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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‘Shoot to Kill’: Accounts of Brutal Crackdown Emerge From Iran

Thousands of civilians dead.

Thousands more detained.

This is the Islamic Republic of Iran:

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...

14.01.2026 10:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Iranian protesters are dying in darkness.

Today: Iran
Tomorrow: your country

From @netblocks.org
⚠️Update: #Iran's internet blackout now past the 60 hour mark as national connectivity levels continue to flatline around 1%…censorship presents a direct threat to the safety and wellbeing of Iranians

11.01.2026 08:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0