THREAD
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#Iran’s regime has a network of apologists/lobbyists in the US influencing foreign policymakers.
Kaveh Afrasiabi was recently arrested for acting as an agent of #Iran's regime.
https://t.co/fJq6jRtBha
There are more.
cc: @TheJusticeDept

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THREAD
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A year ago today, #Iran’s IRGC deliberately shot down Ukrainian flight #PS752, killing all 176 on board.
Regime officials have lied from day one & just recently blamed it on “U.S. adventurism.”
#PS752JUSTICE
My take:
https://t.co/HgABnVqXUl
2)
Ukrainian forensics chief Alexander Ruvin suggested from evidence obtained that passengers on flight PS752 were out of their seats before two missiles hit the plane outside Tehran, capital of #Iran.
https://t.co/flnsIag8vA
#PS752JUSTICE
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"And [yet] we saw the corpses of the dead lying on the ground, without seats…if the people were fastened, they would fall with their seats, as was the case with passengers of [shot-down] flight MH17 [in Ukraine]," he added.
WARNING-GRAPHIC
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The plane was downed on the same morning that Iran launched ballistic missiles targeting US forces in Iraq. Asked why didn’t officials clear the skies of passenger planes, one official said it would have revealed Iran’s intention to launch the attack.
5)
The Iranian side immediately bulldozed the site of the downed airplane, obviously to hide important evidence.
Even their UK ambassador @baeidinejad lied about this.
#PS752JUSTICE
1)
A year ago today, #Iran’s IRGC deliberately shot down Ukrainian flight #PS752, killing all 176 on board.
Regime officials have lied from day one & just recently blamed it on “U.S. adventurism.”
#PS752JUSTICE
My take:
https://t.co/HgABnVqXUl

2)
Ukrainian forensics chief Alexander Ruvin suggested from evidence obtained that passengers on flight PS752 were out of their seats before two missiles hit the plane outside Tehran, capital of #Iran.
https://t.co/flnsIag8vA
#PS752JUSTICE

3)
"And [yet] we saw the corpses of the dead lying on the ground, without seats…if the people were fastened, they would fall with their seats, as was the case with passengers of [shot-down] flight MH17 [in Ukraine]," he added.
WARNING-GRAPHIC

4)
The plane was downed on the same morning that Iran launched ballistic missiles targeting US forces in Iraq. Asked why didn’t officials clear the skies of passenger planes, one official said it would have revealed Iran’s intention to launch the attack.

5)
The Iranian side immediately bulldozed the site of the downed airplane, obviously to hide important evidence.
Even their UK ambassador @baeidinejad lied about this.
#PS752JUSTICE

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Since early 2019, Turkey has arrested hundreds of Uighurs and sent them to deportation centers. And Erdogan’s remarks have turned diplomatically bland, just like any Uighur-related coverage in newspapers controlled by Erdogan and his supporters.
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- “Feel it's in our best interest for me to be CMO"
- “Feel that we’re in a good place as a company”
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- “Feel that we both got what we wanted from this deal
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To get clarity.
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Multiple responses to this question are likely to deliver a positive result.