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Kamran Javadizadeh: "Ahead of Time"

Kamran Javadizadeh

@kjavadizadeh

Jun 12

I wrote about my sister, and poetry, and grieving ahead of time.

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"Before a person dies, you talk to them. They die, and you still want to talk to them."

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: Dreaming of a New Iran This is a special and powerful project. Three young Iranian women kept a diary for us for five weeks sharing their lives, hopes, dreams and frustrations at a time of change. Meet Parnian, Ghazal and Kimia.

Amid a historic protest movement, three women chronicle their hopes and disappointments — and the daily acts of defiance that have already transformed their country.

Dreaming of a New Iran

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Ankit Panda

@nktpnd

Jun 16

Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92

Deeply disturbed by the accounting of American deceit in Vietnam, he approached The New York Times. The disclosures that followed rocked the nation.

Jun 14

Posting the story without paywall for those who don't have NYT subscription:

Dreaming of a New Iran (Gift Article)

Amid a historic protest movement, three women chronicle their hopes and disappointments — and the daily acts of defiance that have already transformed their country.

Sunday magazine cover. Dreaming of a New Iran

Jun 16

The Great Read: Hey Dad, Can You Help Me Return the Picasso I Stole? The Case of the Missing Picasso, revealed here for the first time, goes back. By the amazing

@DanBarryNYT

Hey Dad, Can You Help Me Return the Picasso I Stole?

A painting that went missing in 1969 turned up at a museum’s doorstep before the F.B.I. could hunt it down. No one knew how or why — until now.

Jun 15

We confirm Iran and U.S. are negotiating indirectly for an informal agreement or a "a political ceasefire"-- on prisoners, frozen assets, nuclear enrichment, sanctions enforcement & regional tensions. w/

@michaelcrowley

Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran (Gift Article)

The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

Ronen Bergman

Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran (Gift Article)

Jun 15

Senior US, Iranian and Israeli officials confirmed that he Biden administration negotiate secretly with Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear program and free imprisoned Americans. W\

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The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

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Hoping to Avert Nuclear Crisis, U.S. Seeks Informal Agreement With Iran (Gift Article)

The talks reflect a resumption of diplomacy between the United States and Iran after the collapse of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal.

Jun 15

4/ A shoutout to our incredible illustrator for his magical depictions of life in Iran. Fernando Norat known as Tropiwhat

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NYT Magazine

@NYTmag

Jun 14

We asked three young Iranian women to keep diaries for us for five weeks.

Amid a historic protest movement, three women chronicle their hopes and disappointments — and the daily acts of defiance that have already transformed their country.

Dreaming of a New Iran

Jun 14

3/ This story was conceived and executed by a team of Iranian women--myself, amazing editor Raha Naddaf, the translator, assistant Leily and the women who wrote the diaries-- at a time when women in Iran have captured the imagination of the world with their courage.

Posting the story without paywall for those who don't have NYT subscription:

Dreaming of a New Iran (Gift Article)

Amid a historic protest movement, three women chronicle their hopes and disappointments — and the daily acts of defiance that have already transformed their country.

2/ The protest movement in Iran— known as Woman, Life, Freedom — is a broader demand for an end to the Islamic Republic’s rule. We took the conversation back to the women in Iran to better understand their fight for freedom.

Cover of Sunday

Dreaming of a New Iran

Amid a historic protest movement, three women chronicle their hopes and disappointments — and the daily acts of defiance that have already transformed their country.

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Meet the two Iranian women journalists who brought Mahsa Amini's story to light. Iran jailed them and has put them on trial. Heroes Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi

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& Leily Nikounazar

Their Reports About a Woman’s Death Set Off a Revolt. Iran Put Them on Trial.

Two female journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, covered some of the first reports of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, which ignited nationwide protests against Iran’s...

Bill Nelson

@SenBillNelson

Jun 10

Firouz Naderi was a giant. He helped to redefine humanity's knowledge about Mars and reinvigorate our sense of curiosity. His spirit of discovery endures through the individuals he inspired at

@NASA

who explore the unknown. My heart is with the

@NASAJPL

family and his loved ones.

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Laurie Leshin

@LaurieofMars

Jun 10

I lost a friend today, and @NASAJPL lost a great leader and innovator. Firouz Naderi brought passion and intensity to everything he did. We have an amazing Mars Exploration Program and robust Exoplanet exploration because of his work. My heart is with his family and friends.

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Rest in Peace dear Dr. Firouz Naderi. A renowned NASA scientist and tireless advocate for human rights in Iran. 🙏😥

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Firouz M. Naderi

@Firouz_Naderi

Dec 18, 2018

Nasrin Sotoudeh, Reza Khandan, Farhad Mesyami. Remember their names and watch the video. #Rights4Iran

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My interview with

on the U.N.'s relief work in the flooded areas of Ukraine. A disaster within disaster, aid workers say.

A top U.N. official defends the organization’s response to flooding in Ukraine.

Jun 7

New York City's orange sky. Via

New York Metro Weather

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Jun 7

Live view of Midtown Manhattan via

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as dense wildfire smoke settles in over NYC once again. An absolutely surreal scene.

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Jun 7

New York City has the worst air quality of any major city in the world right now, according to a live ranking by IQAir, a technology company that tracks air quality and pollution around the world. Follow the latest updates on the wildfire smoke here. nyti.ms/3MOkdpY

Smoke from ongoing Canadian wildfires descends on the Manhattan skyline, as seen from Queens in New York. Photo by Maansi Srivastava/The New York Times.

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Ronen Bergman

Jun 5

When Narges Mohammadi was just a little girl,her mother told her to never become political.The price of fighting the system in a country like Iran would be too high. That warning has proved prescient. A must-read

@NYTmag

profile by the great

She Lost Her Career, Family and Freedom. She’s Still Fighting to Change Iran. (Gift Article)

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.

Carl Zimmer

@carlzimmer

Jun 4

Here is my essay on the long journey birds took into the sky. It’s my first installment of my new “Origins” column

How Did Birds First Take Off? (Gift Article)

It took 150 million years for feathered dinosaurs to master flight and become the birds we see overhead today.

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Jun 3

A privilege to write Narges Mohammadi's profile. Iranian human rights activist extraordinaire who is currently in jail. It's on the front page of the

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The New York Times

Jun 3

Iran’s government has been penalizing Narges Mohammadi, one of the country's most prominent human rights and women’s rights activists, for decades. She's now serving a 10-year sentence in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison. But even that isn't silencing her. nyti.ms/3OQxWz4

Headline over a portrait of Narges Mohammadi reads: "Even in Prison, She’s 'An Indomitable Voice' for Freedom in Iran." Photo by Reihane Taravati.

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My profile of Narges Mohammadi, Iran's women and human rights activist extraordinaire, who spoke to me from prison about her life and work. Iran has deprived her of her family, children and liberty. But has not deterred her resolve to fight for freedom.

She Lost Her Career, Family and Freedom. She’s Still Fighting to Change Iran. (Gift Article)

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.

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PEN America

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Even in prison, Narges Mohammadi—recipient of the 2023 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award—is ‘an indomitable voice’ for freedom in Iran. Read free: nytimes.com/2023/06/02/world/middleeast/narges-mohammadi-iran-political-prisoner.html?unlocked_article_code=SIGibv5TqH-Fyxd_2_9HKU6QkNiflpPWZtMq_EDLrtKPbANfprDpjeljO4FkXFI0O64e7yT3RL1BtMgJVkOERFKUVGjoffQXbE9HW7sF9pkP2ghzfnMaFCP1VS8-oImNIrzzSMqh1o3r4jvsTzO4zNexESlCk0CdL2LyqwgVB0gWS4yJOe_6aTHNUsEmGql_GCa6kL7IlkrVrwu2qOUK8Vecgzf9KA0sPF2TMwqqARKeL_Of7rfCgAzbHTaqhbHhakNxWvkHPA0q6WCY77QR_l1PHb_JyhhE9zwf2DQ7nroWLkKivNDoiBNTFFxeej6iESw1reJ8X-gMQSAOs9E9GNrKN9g6uQNxBfTDIipzgz4LZbMcDwYx_rutsw&smid=tw-share #Iran #FreeNarges

She Lost Her Career, Family and Freedom. She’s Still Fighting to Change Iran. (Gift Article)

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.

New York Times World

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“The more they punish me, the more they take away from me, the more determined I become to fight until we achieve democracy and freedom and nothing less,” said Narges Mohammadi, Iran’s most prominent activist for human rights and women’s rights.

She Lost Her Career, Family and Freedom. She’s Still Fighting to Change Iran.

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.

The New York Times

Decades of fighting for human rights in Iran has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, her health, time with her parents, husband and children, and her liberty. The suffering has not dimmed her determination to keep pushing for change.

She Lost Her Career, Family and Freedom. She’s Still Fighting to Change Iran.

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.

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She Lost Her Career, Family and Freedom. She’s Still Fighting to Change Iran. (Gift Article)

Fighting for change has cost Narges Mohammadi her career, separated her from family and deprived her of liberty. But a jail cell has not succeeded in silencing her.

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An Italian lake. A boat full of Israeli and Italian spies. A Russian. An accident. What, Italians wondered, were all those spies really doing on a Sunday afternoon cruising on a rental boat named the “Good…uria” great read

@EPovoledo

Tragedy Strikes a Boat Full of Spies, and Conspiracy Theories Mount

Four people died when a storm sank a boat in northern Italy. Then it emerged that 21 of those aboard had worked for Israeli or Italian intelligence, igniting a speculative frenzy.

A Pillar of Erdogan’s Victory: Devout Conservative Women

May 30

Devout conservative women across Turkey helped Erdogan win the election. They not only turned out to vote for Mr. Erdogan in large numbers, but also coaxed their friends and relatives to do the same.

In winning another term as Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was propelled to victory in part by the fervent support of an often underappreciated constituency — conservative religious women.

May 26

Iran and Belgium swap prisoners. Iran freed a Belgian aid worker in exchange for Assadollah Assadi a diplomat convicted of a bomb plot. Brokered by Oman.

@CoraEngelbrecht

Belgian Aid Worker and Iranian Diplomat Freed in Prisoner Swap

The aid worker, Olivier Vandecasteele, had been sentenced to 40 years in prison for spying. The former diplomat was convicted of plotting a 2018 bomb attack.

May 23

About 90 percent of the executions recorded in 2022 were carried out by three of the world’s leading executioners, Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia, Amnesty International report said. by

@CoraEngelbrecht

Global Executions Highest in 5 Years, Amnesty International Says

Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia carried out 90 percent of the executions recorded last year, the rights group said. The numbers did not include estimates of “thousands” in China, it said, citing a lack...

May 22

3/ 3/ The new national security head is Gen. Ali Akbar Ahmadian a senior commander of the Revolutionary Guards naval unit. He has very little experience in foreign policy or domestic national security issues.

2/ Alireza Akbari, the high-ranking British spy, served as Mr. Shamkhani's deputy when he was defense minister and continued to advise him on the National Security Council. Shamkhani lured him to Iran to be arrested & executed.

Iranian Insider and British Spy: How a Double Life Ended on the Gallows

In January, Iran executed a former senior official who provided Britain with valuable intelligence on Iranian nuclear and military programs over a decade, according to Western intelligence officials.

Iran ousts Ali Shamkhani, one of the most powerful men and the head of the National Security Council. He was recently tainted by a British spy scandal.

Iran Ousts Top Security Official Tainted by Spy Scandal

Ali Shamkhani was one of the most powerful men in Iran, but it was not enough to insulate him after a close associate was accused of selling information to Britain.

"When you love what you do it feels easy," Celestino Garcia the bagel artist. Rolling 17 bagels per minute by hand! by

@priyakrishna