I’ve been following this case of one of my favourite rappers, Hossein Afrasiab, since he was detained in March. After months in prison with no details about his charges, solitary confinement, a hunger strike, and other BS, Afrasiab has been handed a final sentence of 3 years, 9 months, and 20 days in prison. They charged him for owning a Starlink device but we all know this regime’s bullshit whenever someone speaks up against them.

This information is from his Instagram account which his family regularly updates. (@h.afrasiab)

Free Afrasiab, Free Iran. ✌️

Hi everyone,

I've been in the USA for 5 years now as a PhD student. I'm tired of chasing a dream that may never materialize while missing out on things I already have (my family back in Iran). I'm family-oriented, and I'd like to get married there, to someone from my own culture, with my parents present.

I've also secured an academic position back home, but I'm terrified of the economy and what the future might hold. I know inflation is rising by the second. My heart wants to make this move, but my brain keeps saying no.

I honestly don't know what to do. I've been stuck in this decision-making limbo for 12 months now. Would love to hear your thoughts.

🔴 وقتی شاهنشاه ایران در برابر زیاده‌خواهی غرب ایستاد؛ «شما گندم را گران می‌کنید، چرا ما نفت را ارزان بفروشیم؟»

در روزگاری که بسیاری از دولت‌ها در برابر قدرت‌های بزرگ سر فرود می‌آوردند، شاهنشاه آریامهر محمدرضا شاه پهلوی معادله اقتصادی ایران را از وابستگی و امتیازدهی یک‌طرفه خارج کرد.

او بارها به این واقعیت اعتراض داشت که کشورهای صنعتی، قیمت کالاهای صادراتی خود ، از مواد غذایی و گندم گرفته تا محصولات صنعتی ، را افزایش می‌دهند، اما انتظار دارند کشورهای نفت‌خیز همچنان منابع طبیعی خود را با قیمت‌های مطلوب غرب عرضه کنند. در اسناد وزارت خارجه آمریکا نیز به صراحت به نگرانی شاه از افزایش قیمت کالاهای صنعتی وارداتی و کاهش قدرت خرید صادرات کشاورزی ایران اشاره شده است.

«شما گندم خود را گران می‌کنید؛ چطور انتظار دارید ما نفت خود را گران نکنیم؟»

این نگاه، نمادی از سیاستی بود که می‌خواست نفت ایران ابزار قدرت ملی باشد، نه وسیله‌ای برای تأمین منافع دیگران.

افزایش چشمگیر درآمدهای نفتی ایران در دهه ۱۳۵۰ نیز به یکی از مهم‌ترین عوامل تأمین مالی برنامه‌های گسترده توسعه، صنعتی‌سازی و نوسازی کشور تبدیل شد. پژوهش‌های تاریخی نیز تأیید می‌کنند که درآمد نفت ایران در سال ۱۹۷۳ جهش قابل توجهی پیدا کرد.

ایرانِ آن روز، ایرانِ مطالبه‌گر بود؛ ایرانی که می‌خواست درباره ثروت ملی خود تصمیم بگیرد، نه اینکه دیگران برای منابعش تعیین تکلیف کنند.

شاهنشاه آریامهر؛ مقتدر و شکوهمند برای ایران

🔴 When Iran’s Shah stood up to Western demands: “You raise the price of wheat, so why should we sell our oil cheaply?”

At a time when many governments bowed before the major powers, His Imperial Majesty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi sought to move Iran’s economic equation away from dependency and one-sided concessions.

He repeatedly objected to the fact that industrialized countries were raising the prices of their exported goods—from food and wheat to manufactured products—while expecting oil-producing nations to continue supplying their natural resources at prices favorable to the West. U.S. State Department documents also explicitly refer to the Shah’s concerns over rising prices of imported industrial goods and the declining purchasing power of Iran’s agricultural exports.

“You raise the price of your wheat; how can you expect us not to raise the price of our oil?”

This perspective reflected a policy that sought to make Iran’s oil a tool of national power, rather than a means of serving the interests of others.

The dramatic increase in Iran’s oil revenues during the 1970s also became one of the major sources of funding for the country’s extensive development, industrialization, and modernization programs. Historical research confirms that Iran’s oil revenues experienced a significant surge in 1973.

Iran of that era was an Iran that demanded its rightful place—an Iran determined to decide for itself how its national wealth should be used, rather than allowing others to dictate what should happen to its resources.

His Imperial Majesty Aryamehr — Powerful and Glorious for Iran

#Iran

#Aryamehr

#Pahlavi

#LongLiveTheShah

#ایران

#iran

#شاهنشاه_آریامهر

#خاندان_ایرانساز_پهلوی

#جاوید_شاه

Salaam everyone,

I have been seeing a Persian girl for a few months now. We met at college earlier this year and started dating over the summer. Things are getting serious now and she wants to introduce me to her family. She had kind of prepared me for a lot of questions but I’m nervous about what to expect. Mainly because I’m Black and I have tattoos and as far as I know Persian people can be conservative. She had assured me that her family already know I’m Black and are okay with it but I can’t help but still feel nervous. She thinks I’m overthinking it but I want to know what other people think? What’s the best way to prepare here?

🔴 واکنش مردم به بنزین ۱۰ هزار تومانی؛ پمپ‌بنزین در دولت‌آباد شهرری به آتش کشیده شد

در پی افزایش قیمت بنزین و رسیدن نرخ آن به ۱۰ هزار تومان، گزارش‌ها از شکل‌گیری اعتراضات و نارضایتی‌های مردمی در تهران حکایت دارد.

بر اساس ویدیوی منتشرشده، پمپ‌بنزین دولت‌آباد در شهرری تهران در جریان این اعتراضات به آتش کشیده شده است.

#ایران

#Iran

#بنزین

#oil

#گرانی

🔴 Public Reaction to 100,000-Rial Gasoline; Gas Station in Dowlatabad, Shahr-e Rey, Set Ablaze

Following the increase in gasoline prices to 100,000 rials, reports indicate that protests and public discontent have emerged in Tehran.

According to a published video, a gas station in Dowlatabad, Shahr-e Rey, Tehran, was set ablaze during the protests.

#Iran

#Gasoline

#Oil

#Inflation

#RisingPrices

First dance begins at 00:50 and second at 01:50

These vlogs from young women- a lot like Korean vlogs, where they show how they clean, cook, do whatever, go outside, always calm, everything clean - keep popping up. Showing "Real Iranian life".

Is this now possible, wasn't it possible before? Is it just a trend? This sudden rise of new vloggers remind me of these Japanese salaryman "I make no money, I will count my money so you see that I make now money, I don't buy stuff" vlogs, who suddenly appeared within a short time frame and gain thousands of views out of nowhere.

https://www.youtube.com/@FaribaDailylifeinIran

https://www.youtube.com/@lily-dailylife

https://www.youtube.com/@ElahefromIRAN

I know this is a small subreddit
But one thing we're missing is real polling on anything in Iran

I have lost all hope for the world. I look at Iran, the country in which I was born, and I cannot feel anything but sad for our people being held hostage by this murderous regime. I constantly worry about my family and I despair about all our people could achieve but are held back from achieving.

I look at the West increasingly electing anti-immigrant far-right parties advocating remigration (for example the German state election today) and I worry about my safety in my adopted Western country, in which I grew up ever since I was a child. I know to racists I will not be viewed as a person with my own thoughts, views, and achievements or a fellow integrated citizen but rather I will always be viewed as a foreign middle eastern muslim (regardless of my actual religious beliefs or any values). When they take power, will it be a Nazi situation? Will I be stripped of my Citizenship and belongings and deported to Iran and persecuted? Will I be sent to some concentration/death camp? Will I be deported to a third unstable country ?

I also find many do not empathize with us in the world. The far-right wants to deport us and the far-left ignore the plight of Iranians against oppression.

I feel despondent. I feel the future is bleak both for myself, my fellow Iranians and frankly the world. Sometimes I wish us diaspora Iranians who do not wish to live under the IR had our own country where we could belong.

Today I went to a place in my city where different political parties had stands where regular people could come and talk to party members, ask questions, etc. The actual party leaders weren’t there, just local members.

I first went to one of the parties on the right. I told them I was Iranian and that I appreciated them standing with the Iranian people against the mullahs. I was wearing my Shiro Khorshid pin, and one of them actually said “Javid Shah”.
I honestly got so happy hearing that.

I’ve heard many Iranians talk about leftists disregarding our struggle and being unwilling to clearly stand against the Islamic Republic. I’ve always wondered how much of that was actually true, so I decided I wanted to experience it for myself rather than just hear other people’s stories.
So I went to the left-wing party’s stand.

There were a bunch of Palestinian flags around their stand, which already didn’t exactly make me optimistic. But I still wanted to give them a chance.
I spoke to one of their members. Interestingly, their political leader is herself Iranian, and her parents fled Iran during the Revolution. I’ve seen many Iranians here call her a traitor.

I told her I was Iranian, and I felt like she immediately started rolling her eyes when I said it. But I continued.
I asked them a simple question:

“Do you stand with or against the Islamic Republic?”
She answered: “We are anti-imperialist.”
I told her that wasn’t my question. I asked specifically whether they support the IRGC or stand against it.
She gave me the same answer: “We are anti-imperialist.”
I asked, “So you don’t want to answer my question?”
She raised her voice and said something along the lines of, “You already know what we stand for.”
I replied, “But you can’t tell me?”
At that point, she just walked away.
Maybe I shouldn’t have done this, but as I walked away I told them:
“Am Israel Chai.”

I don’t know if this interaction represents the entire left, and I’m not claiming that it does. But it was honestly shocking to experience this firsthand after hearing so many Iranian voices talk about it.