Holly Dagres

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Iranian-American (هالی دگرس) • @WashInstitute Senior Fellow • 15 years in MENA, Iran raised • TEDx Speaker • Newsletter: https://t.co/d5DMD1sV55 • فارسی/English

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My IG feed right now is mostly of angry Iranian women destroying their Huda Beauty products or throwing them in the trash because of the makeup mogul's insensitive comments about Iran

A helpful map of how the protests in Iran have grown from December 28-January 1 by HRANA English (Chants are “Death to the dictator”)

Anti-regime chants of "Death to Khamenei" and "Long live the shah" heard on the first night of the war in Tehran (and shared presumably via Starlink). ht Bahman Kalbasi

Since Trump's comments about the Iran protests, I've seen numerous videos of Iranian protesters either thanking him or, in this case, renaming streets after the US president.

Anti-regime protests continue in Iran for a second day, sparked by the rapidly devaluing rial. A brave protest of one: a protester sits with his jacket pulled over his head—presumably to protect his identity—as he faces security forces. (Video has gone viral.) ✊🏼

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Iranian guy found a Jamaican tourist visiting Iran during the Israeli strikes: "Hey bro, you scared?.. It's normal, enjoy your holiday!" 🤣

This is an ad for a mug store in Iran where young Iranians impersonate NPCs from Grand Theft Auto. And folks wonder why the Iranian embassy’s trolling/ meme game is so strong. This is how plugged-in Iranians are when it comes to American pop culture and viral internet trends.

Iran through the decades

Team Melli's Mehdi Taremi hands his jersey to anti-regime Iranians in the crowd, a move that carries ramifications for him back home in Iran. #FIFAWorldCup

Apparently, the hottest trend in Iran right now is… 1980s Iran (دهه ۶۰). The party videos are highly entertaining. 🤣

For those claiming visiting Western journalists don’t have minders while reporting from Iran: Here’s one of the NYT’s Middle East correspondents on The Daily explaining that his every move was accompanied and managed by a government minder 👇🏼

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This broke me. An Iranian father walks for 12 mins through Kahrizak Forensic Medicine, passing 100s of corpses as he searches for his slain son, repeating: “My dear Sepehr, where are you son?” 💔 He also mourns the others killed while cursing Khamenei.

With the internet partially back on in Iran, so is the IG content. Iranian content creators are poking fun at the tit-for-tat strikes and the ceasefire. "POV: Status of the ceasefire" 😅

This AI video of the lone protester by momozo.mlx has reached nearly 17 million views on IG. It captures what so many Iranians wished had happened in that moment: the defiant protester—and the security forces taking a stand and defecting.

It’s official… we’ve arrived. Mickey Mouse explains #Nowruz.

Throwback to when Iranians from Tehrangeles to Tehran rallied behind Team Melli during the #FIFAWorldCup regardless of politics

A doctor who treated protesters during the January anti-regime uprising told This American Life (with a voiceover) that he was devastated to see “privileged” folks on social media “whitewashing” and “denying” the unprecedented massacre he witnessed in Iran.

Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour reacts to his big win at the #Grammys for "Best Song for Social Change" award 🥹