A niece of the spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been arrested in Iran – apparently because she had sharply criticized the leadership in Tehran. As Farideh Moradkhani’s brother, Mahmoud Moradkhani, wrote on Twitter over the weekend, his sister was arrested on Wednesday. In a video shared on YouTube by her brother, she described the Iranian leadership as a “murderous and infanticide regime”.
Moradkhani is the daughter of Khamenei’s sister Badri, who fell out with her family in the 1980s and fled to Iraq. Her daughter, who has made a name for herself as an opponent of the death penalty, has been imprisoned several times in Iran.
“Ridiculous” Sanctions
In her most recent video, Farideh Moradkhani also criticizes the lack of international response to the crackdown on the current protests in Iran. She called the sanctions against Tehran “ridiculous” and complained that Iranians were “left alone” in their fight for freedom.
The video with English subtitles:
Iran has been rocked by a nationwide wave of protests since mid-September. The trigger was the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Mahsa Amini in police custody – she was arrested by the vice squad for allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly.
More than 300 killed in protests
The authorities are taking increasingly strict action against the demonstrators. The UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk speaks of more than 300 deaths and 14,000 arrests.
Source: Krone
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