Severe winter and heavy snow combined with cuts in gas and fuel supply in Iran, is making the lives of people, specially now those in rural areas extremely hard.

In #Azerbaijan city of #Saqqez, over 1 meter of snow has cut of the villages from surrounding communities isolating those who lack any mean of feeding themselves or keeping their home warm.

The government has ordered schools and many offices to close in order to save energy.

In the north eastern region of #Khorasan, extreme cold has shocked many, stopped several trains on the way and under heavy snow while many houses face punishment from the government for using too much natural gas or not paying their bills.

The situation in many parts of the country is catastrophic.

#Iran #Winter #Weather #Emergency #ExtremeCold #Poverty #Politics

Frozen waterfall in Khorasan province of Iran.

The whole region is suffering a terrible winter and many schools and universities are closed because of funding problems to buy fuel to heat the rooms.

With inflation close to 90% and economy suffering from corruption and US sanctions, the people are the ones who suffer the most, while government officials enjoying the extra flow of cash from their "smuggling" and the new trades with Russia and China.

🔻خراسان رضوی/ آبشار اخلمد منجمد شد

🔸بخشدار مرکزی چناران (خراسان رضوی) از منجمد شدن آبشار اخلمد در این شهرستان به دلیل سرمای شدید خبر داد.

#Iran #Waterfall #Khorasan #Winter #Economy #Sanctions #Energy #Photographe #Nature

Iran protests turning more violent with armed forces from separatist groups in Baluchistan and Kurdistan, escalating attacks against Iranian border patrols and armed forces

Videos show some #Basij training camps in #Baluchistan and #Khorasan, the 2 major eastern province bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan were attacked by what seems to be an RPG.

There are reports of #Pakistan Army is moving troops and armored units to the border of Iran, fearing that the violence in Iran would spill over to Baluchistan province of their country.

#Mahsa_Amini #Iran #IranProtests
#مهساامینی #آزادی #زنزندگی_آزادی
#ایران

#Faith and Vengeance: the Islamic State's War in Afghanistan

source: https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/faith-and-vengeance-the-islamic-states-war-in-afghanistan/

Had life worked out slightly differently, then, #Khorasani might have turned into exactly the kind of #Muslim that #America professed to want at the forefront of its quest to remake post-9/11 #Afghanistan in its own democratic, progressive image: intelligent and hardworking; devout but not extreme; a partner of the #West. No one is quite sure why, or when, he chose a different #future for himself, but in 2015, Khorasani gave an inflammatory speech against the Afghan government to students at his local mosque. Soon afterward he left home to join the #IslamicState of #Khorasan Province (ISKP).

#IS #Terror #WAR #military #politics #problem #history #911 #WTC #Religion

Faith and Vengeance: the Islamic State’s War in Afghanistan

Since its formation in 2015, ISKP has been killing civilians and fighting the Taliban in a wave of violence unlike anything the country has seen before. This is the inside story of the group’s rise, fall and possible rebirth

Pentagon Leaders Wary of Working With Taliban

#austinlloydjiii #milleymarka #taliban #khorasan #kabulinternationalairport #evacuationsandevacuees #terrorism #islamicstateiniraqandsyriaisis #defensedepartment #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #afghanistan #news

Pentagon Leaders Wary of Working With Taliban

Cooperation with the group in fighting an Islamic State affiliate is “possible,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Pentagon Leaders Wary of Working With Taliban

#austinlloydjiii #milleymarka #taliban #khorasan #kabulinternationalairport #evacuationsandevacuees #terrorism #islamicstateiniraqandsyriaisis #defensedepartment #unitedstatesinternationalrelations #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #afghanistan #news

Pentagon Leaders Wary of Working With Taliban

Cooperation with the group in fighting an Islamic State affiliate is “possible,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Why Biden Didn’t See the ISIS-K Threat Until Too Late

#terrorism #afghanistanwar2001 #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #dronespilotlessplanes #warandarmedconflicts #evacuationsandevacuees #alqaeda #kabulinternationalairport #khorasan #taliban #afghanistan #pakistan #southasia #unitedstates #news

Opinion | Biden Didn’t See the ISIS-K Threat in Afghanistan Until Too Late

Twenty years later, the terrorism threat from Afghanistan hasn’t faded. And militant competition from ISIS-K has merely increased the stakes. 

Biden Didn’t See the ISIS-K Threat in Afghanistan Until Too Late

#terrorism #afghanistanwar2001 #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #dronespilotlessplanes #warandarmedconflicts #evacuationsandevacuees #alqaeda #kabulinternationalairport #khorasan #taliban #afghanistan #pakistan #southasia #unitedstates #news

Opinion | Biden Didn’t See the ISIS-K Threat in Afghanistan Until Too Late

Twenty years later, the terrorism threat from Afghanistan hasn’t faded. And militant competition from ISIS-K has merely increased the stakes. 

At Least 13 U.S. Troops Among Masses of Dead in Kabul Suicide Attack

#terrorism #afghanistanwar2001 #civiliancasualties #unitedstatesdefenseandmilitaryforces #airports #deathsfatalities #refugeesanddisplacedpersons #airlifts #islamicstateiniraqandsyriaisis #khorasan #kabulinternationalairport #taliban #unitedstatesmarinecorps #austinlloydjiii #bidenjosephrjr #mckenziekennethf #kabulafghanistan #news

Suicide Bombers in Kabul Kill Dozens, Including 13 U.S. Troops

Bombers struck a huge crowd outside the airport, killing at least 60 Afghan civilians in the waning days of the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan.