Shivan Mahendrarajah
@mahendrarajah.com
Historian • Fellow, Royal Historical Society • Islamic Middle East & Central Asia | Columbia Univ & Cambridge Univ | NY Mets ⚾ | NY Giants 🏈 | I ❤️ 🐕
☆ I write on Middle East (Iran focus), Islam, Central Asia & Russia 👇
☆ Web: https://mahendrarajah.com
☆ I write on Middle East (Iran focus), Islam, Central Asia & Russia 👇
☆ Web: https://mahendrarajah.com
Tochal Ski Resort, Iran
After 5 year drought in many areas and low precipitation in others, all of #Iran is enjoying tons & tons of snow & rain 🙏
Reservoirs filling up; spring thaws will replenish aquifers and reservoirs 👏
NB: Mt. Tochal is in Alborz Mtn range, north of #Tehran, #Iran
After 5 year drought in many areas and low precipitation in others, all of #Iran is enjoying tons & tons of snow & rain 🙏
Reservoirs filling up; spring thaws will replenish aquifers and reservoirs 👏
NB: Mt. Tochal is in Alborz Mtn range, north of #Tehran, #Iran
December 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#Iran Places 3 #satellites in orbit
Three #Iranian satellites were among the "passengers" on board a Soyuz rocket launched from a Russian cosmodrome today. Soyuz deployed other sats. All safely in orbit 🫡
Three #Iranian satellites were among the "passengers" on board a Soyuz rocket launched from a Russian cosmodrome today. Soyuz deployed other sats. All safely in orbit 🫡
December 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#Iran Places 3 #satellites in orbit
Three #Iranian satellites were among the "passengers" on board a Soyuz rocket launched from a Russian cosmodrome today. Soyuz deployed other sats. All safely in orbit 🫡
Three #Iranian satellites were among the "passengers" on board a Soyuz rocket launched from a Russian cosmodrome today. Soyuz deployed other sats. All safely in orbit 🫡
Holy Mary Metro Station, Tehran
Opened Oct 2025, artworks honor the Virgin Mary, integral to both #Islam & #Christianity.
Yes, #Iranian cities have superb & clean subways, unlike in my hometown, NYC
#Tehran #Iran
Opened Oct 2025, artworks honor the Virgin Mary, integral to both #Islam & #Christianity.
Yes, #Iranian cities have superb & clean subways, unlike in my hometown, NYC
#Tehran #Iran
December 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Holy Mary Metro Station, Tehran
Opened Oct 2025, artworks honor the Virgin Mary, integral to both #Islam & #Christianity.
Yes, #Iranian cities have superb & clean subways, unlike in my hometown, NYC
#Tehran #Iran
Opened Oct 2025, artworks honor the Virgin Mary, integral to both #Islam & #Christianity.
Yes, #Iranian cities have superb & clean subways, unlike in my hometown, NYC
#Tehran #Iran
#Zohran #Mamdani ad in Arabic. It's brilliant. He's trolling Islamophobes!
I'm enjoying the meltdown by haters.
Proud of my city, NYC 🗽for being a bastion of ethnolinguistic and cultural diversity. I ❤️ NY
#NewYorkCity #Mayor
I'm enjoying the meltdown by haters.
Proud of my city, NYC 🗽for being a bastion of ethnolinguistic and cultural diversity. I ❤️ NY
#NewYorkCity #Mayor
November 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#Zohran #Mamdani ad in Arabic. It's brilliant. He's trolling Islamophobes!
I'm enjoying the meltdown by haters.
Proud of my city, NYC 🗽for being a bastion of ethnolinguistic and cultural diversity. I ❤️ NY
#NewYorkCity #Mayor
I'm enjoying the meltdown by haters.
Proud of my city, NYC 🗽for being a bastion of ethnolinguistic and cultural diversity. I ❤️ NY
#NewYorkCity #Mayor
October 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
September 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🚨 U.S. Congress (Dems & Rep), in a foreign land, under a foreign flag.
⚡️Why not? They don't work for us
#Israel #Democrats #Republicans #AIPAC
⚡️Why not? They don't work for us
#Israel #Democrats #Republicans #AIPAC
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨 U.S. Congress (Dems & Rep), in a foreign land, under a foreign flag.
⚡️Why not? They don't work for us
#Israel #Democrats #Republicans #AIPAC
⚡️Why not? They don't work for us
#Israel #Democrats #Republicans #AIPAC
Radikale Linke 👇
September 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Radikale Linke 👇
August 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Docs hacked from #Ukraine General Staff show Ukr lost 1,721,000 troops killed or missing in action:
118,500 in 2022
405,400 in 2023
595,000 in 2024
621,000 in 2025
Nice job, #Democrats & #neocons 👏
#Russia 🇷🇺 is winning
118,500 in 2022
405,400 in 2023
595,000 in 2024
621,000 in 2025
Nice job, #Democrats & #neocons 👏
#Russia 🇷🇺 is winning
August 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Docs hacked from #Ukraine General Staff show Ukr lost 1,721,000 troops killed or missing in action:
118,500 in 2022
405,400 in 2023
595,000 in 2024
621,000 in 2025
Nice job, #Democrats & #neocons 👏
#Russia 🇷🇺 is winning
118,500 in 2022
405,400 in 2023
595,000 in 2024
621,000 in 2025
Nice job, #Democrats & #neocons 👏
#Russia 🇷🇺 is winning
August 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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July 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
🇺🇸 US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) barred entry to Persian Gulf
⚡️ #Iran 🇮🇷 locked anti-ship cruise missiles on DDG-62 and told it to GTFO. USN complied
⚡️ #Iran 🇮🇷 locked anti-ship cruise missiles on DDG-62 and told it to GTFO. USN complied
July 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🇺🇸 US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) barred entry to Persian Gulf
⚡️ #Iran 🇮🇷 locked anti-ship cruise missiles on DDG-62 and told it to GTFO. USN complied
⚡️ #Iran 🇮🇷 locked anti-ship cruise missiles on DDG-62 and told it to GTFO. USN complied
Oh goody. Kiev begging for a visit from Mr Oreshnik
July 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Oh goody. Kiev begging for a visit from Mr Oreshnik
This is the same Chris Donahue who was last Yank to get booted from Afghanistan
Good luck taking Kaliningrad, bro. FYI, Russians are easy pickings -- unlike Taliban 🤦♂️
Good luck taking Kaliningrad, bro. FYI, Russians are easy pickings -- unlike Taliban 🤦♂️
July 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is the same Chris Donahue who was last Yank to get booted from Afghanistan
Good luck taking Kaliningrad, bro. FYI, Russians are easy pickings -- unlike Taliban 🤦♂️
Good luck taking Kaliningrad, bro. FYI, Russians are easy pickings -- unlike Taliban 🤦♂️