RockyDog 🇪🇪 🇺🇦Nov 22, 2022
Anne Applebaum
Something is breaking, changing very fast
https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1594701915115372545?t=__ghcu2QN5TxlY-yx-z22A&s=09
Hillel Neuer on Twitter

“⚡️ BREAKING: #Iran football team captain defies regime, backs protests: “We have to accept that conditions in our country are not right & our people are not happy. They should know that we are with them. And we support them. And we sympathize with them regarding the conditions.””

Twitter
Nov 22, 2022 at 3:50amWeb
Show threadafternoon birderNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum do you think they will defect?!
Show threadmf MD Nov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum some people are locked out of the bird app and can't see what you are posting.
Show threadPyplateNov 22, 2022
@mfreeman @anneapplebaum it's a video of the Iranian football team captain saying he supports the protesters, not the regime. He's probably taking a big risk in saying these things.
Show threadmf MD Nov 22, 2022
@Pyplate @anneapplebaum thank you for explaining and if you need to delete i understand
Show threadPyplateNov 22, 2022
@mfreeman @anneapplebaum I'm a British citizen, so I don't need to delete it. I'm lucky I can speak freely without the risks that Iranians are facing.
Show threadmellow kismetNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum
Could you say more about the significance of this?
Show threadMartinNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum
wow! surely they are in danger now...
Show threadrobert_said_whatNov 22, 2022
@diomedesagonistes @anneapplebaum quite probably their families too. Authoritarians love using the peoples family against them
Show threadMartinNov 22, 2022
@robert_said_what @anneapplebaum
this is astonishing courage
Show threadrobert_said_whatNov 22, 2022
@diomedesagonistes @anneapplebaum absolutely agree
Show threadDeb M.Nov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum Dude just risked his life for justice. And the team didn’t sing their national anthem before their match. That is incredible bravery. Children are being arrested, imprisoned, beaten and killed. The regime is out of control.
Show threadWithoutAPaddleNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum
These are brave, honorable people!
Show threadJeremyCaradonnaNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum Hi Anne! Always been a big fan of your research and thought. Let’s make Mastodon a positive, supportive, democratic social media app - a better version of that bother place.
Show threadMartinNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum
is it ridiculous to think that Wester n intelligence services could get the team out of there alive? But, as was pointed out by robert_said_what, as for their families...
Show threadMerakiNov 22, 2022

@anneapplebaum

Serious change! And needed!

Show threadIdo AmirNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum What a brave young man. Amazing. Bravo.
#Iran #WorldCup22
Show threadBleuorchidNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum amazing!
Show threadMeidas RomiNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum this is sheer bravery
Show threadBrewster BrownvilleNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum what does “something is breaking” mean? Seems so general…
Show threadKristjan KorstenNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum In the end, the armed forces will decide the outcome, as always. If they refuse to take the order to drown the protests in blood, the regime is done.
Show threadYolantheNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum i'm not sure... yes people are protesting but gouvernment is not budgeing; resistence have no leaders, no weapons, no institutions...
Show threadJulia Dolan GreenNov 22, 2022
@anneapplebaum Well, now he can’t go home.