Golnar MotevalliVerified account

@golnarM

Reporting for Bloomberg. Previously BBC and Reuters. Formerly based in London, Kabul & Ankara. Opinions are mine. Southpaw. Londoner.

Joined June 2013
Born on August 07

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    28 Feb 2016

    Reporters are predicting as many as 20 women could win seats in . Historic, record-breaking figure

  2. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    So far, US has somehow managed to look a bit isolated at this UN SC meeting about Iran protests. even France distancing themselves 1/

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  3. Like most foreign journalists, we're based in the country's capital. When politically sensitive events kick-off, it's often not possible to go to other cities. But many of us have contacts around the country. At least for myself I can say I travel out of Tehran as much as I can

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  4. It's not easy reporting from Iran for foreign media. It's a tough beat. If you think it matters to be where the news is, follow these esteemed colleagues, if you're not already:

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  5. Leader of Friday prayers in : "when we blocked cyberspace/social media, the riots stopped. Cyberspace led to a crisis in our country, so servers have to brought here in our own country. We support a cyberspace whose keys are in the hands of the State"

  6. Jan 3

    *Should be "former official"

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  7. Jan 3

    IRGC commander said "a formal official who nowadays uses language opposing principles and values of the Islamic Republic" is under investigation for involvement in the protests. This suggests that former president Ahmadinejad is being implicated

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  8. Jan 3

    This thread is really coherent and really interesting

  9. Retweeted
    31 Dec 2017

    (You can tell the debates are not really about human rights, democracy, or "American values" because the loudest voices say Iran must be opposed by supporting Saudi Arabia, one of the few countries worse than Iran on all measures.)

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  10. Jan 3

    But also consider whether those corners have a right to just exist

  11. Retweeted
    31 Dec 2017

    Iran forces DC to confront these questions about itself because the Islamic Republic, by merely existing, challenges American global preeminence. Especially in the MidEast, where that preeminence is most fraught and a topic that also makes Americans crazy.

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  12. Retweeted
    31 Dec 2017

    The spoiler alert here is that DC's debates aren't really about Iran. They're about us and our place in the world. That's why they're so vicious, and exactly the same for the 2009 protests, the bomb Iran debates, the nuclear deal, and the 2016 boat incident.

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  13. Retweeted
    31 Dec 2017

    I don't know what's happening in Iran (and neither do you), so I will tell you about something I do know: DC, and why any discussion about Iran makes it absolutely completely 100% insane.

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  15. Jan 3

    Felestin Street, , | Jan. 2, 2018, 7.29 pm

  16. Jan 3

    I mean I didn't get the invite and if did, I certainly didn't RSVP

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  17. Jan 3

    I find my inclusion in this list deeply confusing

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 2

    1. Some additional thoughts on the working class composition of the . The protests do strikingly resemble + sound like middle class mobilizations, somehow occurring in working class neighborhoods and second tier cities in which few expected such a spectacle.

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    Jan 2

    In recent events, enemies of have allied & used the various means they possess, including money, weapons, politics &intelligence services, to trouble the Islamic Republic. The enemy is always looking for an opportunity & any crevice to infiltrate &strike the Iranian nation.

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  21. Jan 2

    Supreme Leader Khamenei responds for first time to : "our enemies want to harm Iran. They will use tools like money, weapons, politics and intelligence services to create problems for the Islamic system"

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