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Stephen Miles @spmiles42.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Really fantastic interview out on @mayboeve.bsky.social's great podcast this week with @shaghdoosti.bsky.social on the Iran war, the antiwar movement, and where it all stands. One of the best reflections on power, politics, and where to find hope you'll hear. Highly recommend checking it out!

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New Episode: Movements Respond to the Iran War

Sara Haghdoosti, Moveon's Chief of Program, on common-sense, humane foreign policy

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May Boeve @mayboeve.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Brilliant women leading the anti-war movement - thank you @shaghdoosti.bsky.social !!

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You don't need to be a foreign policy expert to know that creating a path for MBS who greenlit the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi to build nuclear weapons is a terrible idea. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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US signs landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

The US Department of Energy says the "peaceful" co-operation agreement will give US firms "great access" to the Saudi nuclear energy programme.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Thank you so much @hwbtpod.bsky.social for having me on! I say it all the time, when it comes to the anti war movement there's a lot to grieve and rage about - but there's is also a lot to give us hope.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson says we put up “poorly designed graphics” … Reader, we used the Pentagon’s own graphic design. taskandpurpose.com/news/veteran...

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We will not forget their failure to uphold U.S. laws, we will not forget the ways they let discriminatory discourse fester, and we will not forget the thousands of people that died because of their cowardice.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Any Biden official that believes that many of us will trade potential future access for silence are deeply mistaken.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

If former Biden officials believe that their past positions give them enough power to skirt accountability, they are mistaken. The national security space has changed and is changing.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

As Jon and Phil say, Democrats should clarify where they stand. Among other things, they should clarify that former senior officials who authored the Biden admin’s failure on Gaza and failed to uphold U.S. laws should have no place in future Democratic admins.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

So it’s hardly surprising that in their sudden embrace of common sense, they take no accountability for their actions. The situation in Gaza – and for activists at home – has worsened under Trump, but Team Biden paved the way.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Their colleagues persistently accused ceasefire activists of aiding Hamas and, when they were told repeatedly by activists that such messaging was both wrong and dangerous, the wild accusations only continued.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

U.S. law is clear: it is illegal to ship arms to a government that restricts U.S. humanitarian aid deliveries. Instead of enforcing that law, they worked to obfuscate facts at the cost of thousands of lives in Gaza while undermining the rule of law at home.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

These men held some of the highest positions in national security under Biden. When members of Congress began to question Biden’s obsession with giving PM Netanyahu any bomb, shell, or UN veto he asked for, their team was on the phone whipping against Congressional oversight.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Though nice to see Jon Finer and Philip Gordon catch up to bare minimum of where activists and the public have been for nearly two years on restricting US arms to the Israeli government, their article erases their own role in abetting the Netanyahu government’s genocide.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

7/7 This isn’t just about this strike - it’s about accountability everywhere. We need answers. And we need to draw a line on the limits of presidential power - both abroad and at home.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

6/7 And what about the implications at home? If this authoritarian government thinks it can carry out this level of violence abroad with impunity, what stops similar tactics being used domestically?

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

5/7 Administration officials say they have more strikes planned. Are they planning on carrying out a whole secret military campaign? Could we be on the path to the destructive regime change war in Venezuela that so many in the Trump administration have long desired?

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

4/7 Since when is it acceptable for the U.S. government to use lethal force with zero due process? This sets a dangerous precedent.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

3/7 We also don’t know what legal authority the administration used to justify the strike. Senior officials have basically said, “the president decided the people on the boat were narco-terrorists and that’s enough.” Are they saying the president can kill anyone he decides is a terrorist?

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

2/7 The Trump admin claims the people they killed were drug smugglers – as if that would make their execution legal or acceptable – but we don’t have evidence of their identities. As far as the U.S. public knows, our government killed random people on a boat for no discernible reason.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

1/7 Last week, the U.S. killed 11 people on a boat in the Caribbean without presenting a shred of evidence on who they were, what threat they posed, or how summarily executing them could possibly be anything other than a crime. The Trump admin owes the public a lot of answers.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The human costs of Netanyahu’s war with Iran are already mounting. Over 200 people in Iran and over 20 in Israel have been killed already. 🧵

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

We need to work for offramps, and we need a ceasefire immediately. People in Iran and Israel deserve so much more than governments who consistently put their own interests over their people’s lives.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

There are 90 million people in Iran. A full-scale war there would create a displacement crisis of massive proportions and with regionwide – and even global – effects.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

If this war continues, the humanitarian situation in Iran could turn dire. The Israeli government already issued an evacuation warning for neighborhoods in Tehran - even though roads are packed with cars and folks are stranded. Many including the elderly or sick have no way of leaving.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Over the next few weeks - we’re likely to see strikes on oil fields and key energy infrastructure, leaving millions without power.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Meanwhile, the Israeli government, with implicit American backing, is already expanding the scope of its strikes. We’ve seen Netanyahu’s playbook in Gaza - we should expect more of the same.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Already, Israeli bombs that some believe are “liberating” civilians in Iran have killed them instead. Their stories are heartbreaking – a poet, an athlete, young people killed in an unnecessary war in which they had no say. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0... www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/... .

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The young Iranian poet who lost her life in an Israeli strike

Parnia Abbasi, 23, was described by friends as funny and full of life. She and her family were among the first people killed in Israel’s attack on Iran.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Here’s the thing: the only thing war guarantees is death and destruction. People made the same arguments about Iraq and Afghanistan, but those wars brought more suffering than relief. In Afghanistan, the Taliban is back in power after 20 years of war.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The Iranian government has consistently abused the rights of its people in horrific ways, and some have suggested that war with Iran to overthrow the government would be an uncomplicated blessing for those who suffer under its rule.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I was born in Iran and much of my family is there. I’ve always wanted an Iran where people there have a real say in their lives and are able to live and thrive with dignity and free from violence.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Already we’re seeing a record number of protests in the works for No Kings Day. It’s time for Congress to join people across the country and use every tool they have to oppose this autocratic power grab.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

That makes this moment especially dangerous. What does a wannabe dictator and his incompetent secretaries do as the public turns against their cruel agenda? They lash out and escalate.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This weekend’s birthday parade will flop even as it’s produced by a Secretary of Defense who seems to believe his job is to solely create clips for Fox News.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

No wonder folks are angry - If they’ll do this to a sitting senator as cameras roll, what are they doing to immigrants behind closed doors? The info we have is horrible enough. And the more we learn over time, the less we’ll be able to stomach.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The deployment of armed forces to quell the backlash to his horrific policies of abduction in LA was a decision as unhinged and histrionic as Stephen Miller’s tweets.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Trump’s admin is flailing. The budget bill is political poison. Public support for his mass deportation program is tanking. His party’s big idea is to pay for more deportations by gutting healthcare.

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

@SenAlexPadilla’s manhandling by Kristi Noem’s goons was shocking, and should be a wake up call for Congress.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Our statement on today's ceasefire announcement:

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Sara Haghdoosti @shaghdoosti.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

We’re heartened by any deal that releases hostages + saves lives. Given the horrific conditions in Gaza, details of the deal -particularly aid, rebuilding, a permanent ceasefire -are critical to saving lives of people who have been subjected to brutal collective punishment.

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