Erika Solomon
@ErikaSolomon
NYT Middle East correspondent. Former correspondent for the FT in the Mideast and Berlin; learned the ropes at Reuters. RTs, favorites not endorsements etc.
A powerful piece by @bartov_omer : “I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.”- nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opi… via @NYTOpinion
A scenario for Iran’s response: 🔹Trump says Iran’s Fordow facility is gone. Other nuclear sites have been hit. Therefore, he effectively claims his objective, i.e., stopping Iran from getting nukes, is achieved. 🔹But here's the twist: Iran may NOT strike back at the U.S. at…
Iran’s Leaders Turn to Nationalism After Israeli and U.S. Attacks nytimes.com/2025/07/22/wor… via @NYTimes
Plan to Permanently Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce nytimes.com/2025/07/14/wor…
خبرهای موثقی دارم که وزارت قطع ارتباطات به جد دنبال راه‌اندازی #اینترنت_طبقاتی با عناوین فریبنده هست و دور از چشم رسانه‌ها دارن پروژه رو جلو میبرن. البته این چیزی از کار زشت و خلاف حقوق عمومی انجمن بلاکچین کم نمیکنه. اگه قرار باشه هر کی اینترنتش قطع شد بره تقاضای اینترنت طبقاتی…
اظهارات اخیر انجمن بلاکچین «وقتی لیست خواستند، ارسال کردیم» و موضع رسمی شرکت زیرساخت «هیچ هماهنگی‌ای با انجمن‌ها نداشتیم» در تناقض آشکارند. مسئولیت حقوقی این تعارض بر عهده‌ی نهادهای منتشرکننده‌ی ادعاست. شفاف‌سازی فوری و مستند در این‌باره یک ضرورت است.
I will look with keen interest on whether 🇪🇺 today refers to international law in what it will say on the 🇮🇱🇺🇸 strikes on 🇮🇷. The 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪 statement was remarkable for completely ignoring the subject. I hope they understand that by being blind on this issue they undermine their…
Apart from Israeli claims of the death toll (in the hundreds, which would be huge), the strikes stand out because they mainly target *domestic* security. Is the game plan here to divert the IRGC's attention by sparking unrest inside Iran?
IDF: "Israeli Air Force jets struck key command centers of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Internal Security Forces in Tehran, including the Basij HQ, responsible for enforcing Islamic codes, and the Alborz Corps, which secures cities in Tehran Province. The strikes, based on…
I still think the mortal sin of the Iranian regime was Syria. In 2011 it was still broadly popular in the region for defying Israel and the US. Syria turned it into a sectarian gang and overextended its militia allies in service of a tyrannical police state.
The very first reactions from #Russia to the US bombing #Iran #nuclear facilities can be summed up as: “Thank God we have nuclear weapons” This event will likely propel Russia's efforts to further strengthen its own nuclear coercive credibility for deterrence and compellence
Trump’s strikes do not have the be the opening salvo of a US-Iran war. If Iran retaliates, it will calibrate its response to avoid the loss of American lives. Mainly, Iran will absorb the US attacks on the nuclear facilities, betting that Trump still wants to avoid a full-blown…
Here is the irony: The Iran-Russia-China 'axis' has proven to be strategically shallow and politically ineffective. At the same time, these states' narrative and strategic comms toward much of the world have just received a massive boost, while the Western countries have little…
BIG: High-ranking Iranian source tells @amwajmedia that Trump team gave advance notice of bombings of nuclear sites and insisted they're intended as "one-off". Signs of Trump seeking repeat of Jan 2020 (Soleimani killing=>symbolic Iranian retaliation). amwaj.media/en/media-monit…
UPDATE: High-ranking Iranian source confirms to @amwajmedia that nuclear sites targeted by the US military were evacuated, with "most" of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium kept in secure locations. amwaj.media/en/media-monit…
11 What will be the impact on global non-proliferation and the lessons other nations draw? Regimes without nukes—Ukraine, Iraq, Libya, Iran—proved vulnerable to external intervention, while those with nukes—like North Korea—enjoy impunity.
NEW: @amwajmedia can confirm that Iran's supreme leader has indeed ordered Assembly of Experts to be ready to select his successor immediately. This suggests he takes Israel's insinuations of assassination seriously but confident in the state's resilience amwaj.media/en/article/ins…
EXCLUSIVE: Ayatollah Khamenei has made a remarkable move as the war with Israel intensifies: He has named potential successors so if he is assassinated transition is swift and orderly. And inside look into this pivotal moment for Iran: nytimes.com/2025/06/21/wor…
كل الشكر والتقدير للرئيس الأميركي دونالد ترامب 🇺🇸 على قراره التاريخي ببدء رفع العقوبات عن سورية ، خطوة شجاعة تعيد الأمل لملايين السوريين وتفتح الطريق أمام مرحلة جديدة من التعافي والانفتاح. نثمّن عالياً جهود المملكة العربية السعودية وسمو ولي عهدها🇸🇦، ودولة قطر الشقيقة على جهودها…
This visit is a big deal. The quality of Saudi-Iran bilateral relations is a real driver for the future of the region. cnn.com/2025/04/17/mid…
لا جديد بتصريح الخارجية الاميركية ، الموضوع ببساطة بحاجة لشرح …أممياً ،عدلت وزارة الخارجية الاميركية تأشيرات الوفد السوري "كنتيجة" لسقوط اعتماد تمثيل الوفد بسقوط النظام القديم. الاعتراف بالدولة السورية قائم بالأمم المتحدة ( و أكدته الأمم المتحدة يوم أمس) ، و إلا لكان…