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Rio Grande 223		19 March 2024	0/0/0
Promoting Iranian government POV in Wikipedia?		20 March 2024	0/0/0

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Rio Grande 223

Initiated by DTParker1000 (talk) at 20:59, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed parties

DTParker1000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), filing party
Xboxtravis7992 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request

Xboxtravis7992

Confirmation that other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

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Statement by DTParker1000

Statement by Xboxtravis7992

Statement by {Non-party}

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Rio Grande 223: Clerk notes

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Rio Grande 223: Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter <0/0/0>

Vote key: (Accept/decline/recuse)

Promoting Iranian government POV in Wikipedia?

Initiated by 182Line (talk) at 08:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed parties

182Line (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), filing party
Ali Ahwazi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Mhhossein (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Ghazaalch (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
Iskandar323 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
MarioGom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Confirmation that all parties are aware of the request

Confirmation that other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

Contacted WMF

Statement by 182Line

The Times raises many questions in How Wikipedia is being changed to downgrade Iranian human rights atrocities (paywalled), reprinted in The Australian.[6]

User:Ali Ahwazi

User:Ali Ahwazi consistently utilizes sources aligned with the IRP to disseminate government propaganda:

..."considering the continuation of the Zionist regime's aggressions" citing irdiplomacy.ir[7][8]

..."to counter the adventurous and terrorist actions of the United States in the region" citing pishkhan.com[9]

..."The ultimate goal is to achieve complete freedom for Palestinian land from the sea to the river." citing farsnews.ir[10]

Many more additional edits mirror this pattern: [11][12][13] etc.

User:Mhhossein

User:Mhhossein: In the Mahsa Amini protests Wikipedia article, Mhhossein adds:

"Pro-government demonstrations occurred across Iran in response to the week long protest over Amini's death. According to live state television broadcast, demonstrators chanted "Death to America" and "Death to Israel.""

However, the source cited for this content (this news piece) does not support this.

This editor is an admin at Wikimedia Commons and has leveraged his influence to eliminate images depicting protests against the Islamic Republic Party (IRP):

File:Protests against the Ayatollah Khomeini government (20 June 1981).jpg

File:Solidarity with Iranian Protests.jpg

File:Solidarity with Iranian Protests (52383195713).jpg

Etc.

User:Ghazaalch and User:Iskandar323

User:Ghazaalch and User:Iskandar323 delete huge amounts of documented human rights crimes by IRP officials:

"According to the US State Department, the "death commissions" responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners started on 19 July (1988) and included the current head of the Iranian judiciary and current Minister of Justice."[14]

"The executions were carried out by several high-ranking members of Iran's current government. According to the US State Department, the "death commissions" responsible for the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners started on 19 July (1988) and included the current head of the Iranian judiciary and current Minister of Justice."[15]

"The Islamic Republic answered by "unleashing an unprecedented reign of terror", shooting demonstrators, including children."[16]

"Those executed included women and children."[17]

"To eliminate potential political oppositions, the Islamic Republic started "coordinated extrajudicial killings" in Iran. Under International law, the killings were considered a "crime against humanity"."[18]

"In December 2018, Albania expelled two Iranian diplomats due to alleged involvement in the bomb plot against the MEK (where Mayor Giuliani and other US government officials were also gathered) accusing the two of "violating their diplomatic status"."[19]

"In 2022, an Iranian official was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the execution of political prisoners."[20]

"bombings may have actually been planned by senior IRP leaders, to rid themselves of rivals within the IRP."[21]

Etc.

User:MarioGom

MarioGom is an SPI clerk that uses his clerk leverage to remove information which contradicts the narrative promoted by the Islamic Republic Party (IRP):[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] (the majority of these edits are accompanied by misleading edit summaries)

MarioGom uses his clerk influence to derail reports against pro-IRP users: [33][34][35] (and uses his clerk influence to hound and request blocks for editors opposing these pro-IRP users).

For more information see my last report and talk page. 182Line (talk) 08:26, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Statement by Ali Ahwazi

Statement by Mhhossein

Statement by Ghazaalch

Statement by Iskandar323

Statement by MarioGom

Statement by {Non-party}

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Promoting Iranian government POV in Wikipedia?: Clerk notes

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Promoting Iranian government POV in Wikipedia?: Arbitrators' opinion on hearing this matter <0/0/0>

Vote key: (Accept/decline/recuse)