Lisa Daftari

American investigative journalist

14 stories

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It does silence a lot of people and it does change the freedom by which we think we can operate here in the United States where we believe we have full freedom,
Now the regime wants to take this show on the road and do that here, here in the West,
Even if it's just the perception that other Iranians can report you or can get you in trouble or that this app exists, it makes a lot of people fearful,
The regime’s core weapon is time,
By targeting commercial shipping and Arab states, the regime is signaling that it can hold global energy flows and America’s regional partners hostage to extract leverage, distract from its domestic crisis, and test U.S. red lines,
Inside Iran, state media is selling this as a victory, not a compromise. The message on Iranian television is that a ‘strong and proud’ Islamic Republic has forced Washington to recognize its control over the Strait of Hormuz and to ease military pressure, while Tehran supposedly gives up very little in return."

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Family of ailing Iranian Nobel laureate say keeping her in jail is a death sentence

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At a moment when Iran’s ruling establishment is reeling from the aftermath of U.S. and Israeli strikes, a fragile ceasefire, economic collapse and intensified crackdowns, Mohammadi’s name is emerging in a new light: Not only as a global symbol of resistance, but potentially as one of the few opposition figures whose legitimacy comes from suffering inside the system rather than exile, dynasty or factional politics

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