World News / 29 November 2022
Ayatollah’s niece arrested in Iran
Reports say Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece has been arrested after a video surfaced of her urging foreign countries to cut ties with Iran over what she called its “murderous and child-killing regime”. Farideh Moradkhani is a well-known human rights activist – her late father was a prominent opposition figure married to Khamenei’s sister. Moradkhani has been outspoken against the country’s regime in the past and was last arrested by authorities in January before being released on bail. Her brother said she was arrested last week when she went to the prosecutor’s office in response to a court order. It comes as Iranian authorities continue their violent crackdown on protestors in the wake of 22yo Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. The demonstrations have been touted as posing one of the most significant challenges to the country’s regime since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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