Senior Fellow @CIPolicy • Host @IranPodcast • Nonresident Scholar @MidEastPolicy • نگار مرتضوی
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Every media outlet covering US-Israel war on #Iran should lead with this story: That war started on a Saturday morning at an all-girl elementary school in the small town of Minab in southern Iran, killing 180 and injuring 95, mostly girls aged 7-12.
The death toll from this air strike on an elementary school on Saturday is now nearly 180, and 95 injured. Most of those killed were girls aged between 7-12 years old. @UNESCO calling it “a grave violation of international law.”
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Negar Mortazavi retweeted
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said his country’s mediators had submitted a plan to the White House that could see the Strait of Hormuz reopen within a week and restart broader talks towards a resolution to the war. ft.trib.al/lz0csgc
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Did these countries also condemn the war on Iran that began by attacks on a school full of children?
Bahrain leads 80 countries in calling for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz: "We reiterate our call for the urgent and full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the safe, secure, and unimpeded transit of vessels."
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Iran threatens regional airports amid mounting U.S. sanctions on its airlines.
I told @AJEnglish that Mohsen Rezaei’s warning is an attempt at coercive deterrence aimed at Iran’s neighbours.
Tehran is signalling that compliance with U.S. aviation sanctions will not be treated as a neutral commercial decision, but as participation in Washington’s pressure campaign.
The threat remains deliberately ambiguous. But the message is clear: if neighbouring states help isolate Iranian aviation, Tehran is threatening reciprocal costs to their aviation sectors.
Another sign of how the U.S. war on Iran is pulling neighboring countries deeper into the conflict.
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Delegates at the UN General Assembly in New York walk out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to deliver a speech.
He responds by calling them "moral cowards".
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Annual meeting with Iran’s president Pezeshkian and FM Araghchi on the sidelines of UNGA.
Iran sent proposal to US via mediators, conditions all based on MOU. If the US accepts, Iran will open the Strait of Hormuz a week later. Iran prefers it asap even before US elections.
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We discussed Pezeshkian’s speech at the UNGA and the double-messages of diplomacy and defense; Iran prefers a deal to exit the war, but is also prepared to fight for as long as needed.
Watch the full show: piped.video/nEOAH7QumV0?is=5PZA…
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Pezeshkian’s dual message at UN:
1. Iran is victim of US-Israeli aggression, will continue to defend itself, and won’t surrender
2. Door to diplomacy remains open as the only way to end the war
I joined @TimesRadio
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Iran’s President Pezeshkian at UN
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• Photos of kids killed in US strikes
• Iran will defend itself, keep fighting
• Door to diplomacy remains open
• Hormuz controls are about security
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The ball is in Trump’s court. Hr can end the war on #Iran with serious and meaningful diplomacy. Otherwise war can drag on for a while. @AJEnglish
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I told @TIME ‘Peace through Strength’ has not worked with Iran and will not produce the agreement Trump wants.
Trump’s approach leaves a central question unanswered: How does further destruction secure an agreement on Washington’s terms when the pressure so far has not?
Trump can point to the damage U.S. forces have inflicted in Iran, but the war’s central political goals remain unachievable. And will not be achieved under threats and pressure.
time.com/article/2026/09/22/…
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Negar Mortazavi retweeted
Trump's rant at the U.N. is a reminder that he's not just a wannabe authoritarian; he's also a wannabe Real Housewife @DesiLydic
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Negar Mortazavi retweeted
Today, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, we engaged in lengthy talks with the Iranian delegation through the mediators, who shuttled between the two sides throughout the day. They successfully completed a round of discussions that we hope will prove constructive and promising. The mediators will continue their work.
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“HELP IS ON ITS WAY”
⚡️The scars of a U.S. Tomahawk missile strike remain on the face and hands of Mohammad Sharafi, a second-grade student who survived the attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab, southern Iran.
His sister, Zahra, was killed in the strike.
Photo: Behnam Tofighi
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Told Aljazeera a Trump-Pezeshkian meeting is very unlikely. Tehran is interested in serious diplomacy and a durable deal, not mere photo ops.
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Trump talks up oil flows through Hormuz, but can the U.S. outlast Iran?
I told @The_NewArab that moving individual tankers through Hormuz is not the same as restoring normal oil flows.
Commercial vessels still cannot transit regularly, at scale, or without extraordinary military protection.
Reported Iranian attacks on tankers in the strait show that the waterway remains contested.
newarab.com/analysis/trump-t…
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