Iran's Supreme Leader's niece arrested: had called her government a 'murderer'; Pro-protest filmmaker prevented from coming to India by authorities

Posted on 28th Nov 2022 by rohit kumar

Iran's government is not sparing anyone who participates in the ongoing protests against the hijab. Even the niece of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has been arrested. A video was released by Farideh Moradkhani, the niece of the Supreme Leader. In this, he called the Iranian government a 'murderer' and a 'murderer of children'. Also compared Ayatollah Khamenei to German dictators Hitler and Mussolini.

 

According to a report from the other side, the government of Iran did not permit one of its filmmakers to go to India. According to Variety magazine, Iranian filmmaker Reza Dormshian was to come to Goa for the International Film Festival. Where his film 'A Minor' was to be screened. But he did not get permission for supporting the protesters. Reza Dormshian told that he has been prevented from coming to India because he supported the protest on Instagram and social media.

 

Farideh is a well-known human rights activist.

 

Farideh Moradkhani is a well-known human rights activist. In the video, he appealed to the governments of other countries to end all relations with Iran. He was arrested two days after posting this video online. Farideh's video was posted on social media by her brother, after which protesters have been sharing it widely. His brother was also informed about his arrest. Farideh is an engineer by profession, his father was a prominent leader of the opposition. who married Khamenei's sister.

 

Arrested when he went to appear

 

According to Farideh's brother Mahmood Moradkhani, he was served a summons asking him to appear. After which he was arrested. In his video, Farideh criticized the repression of the protesters. He also cursed the international community for not taking any action and called the sanctions imposed on Iran a joke.

 

Rapper arrested on charges of corruption

 

Farideh Moradkhani is not the first to be arrested for supporting the protesters. On Sunday, judicial authorities said that Iran's famous rapper Toomaj Salehi has supported the protesters. After this, he has been accused of corruption. Due to this, they can also get a death sentence. According to a report, so far 450 people have died due to protests against the hijab in Iran, while 18,173 people have been detained.

 

Government deals with protesters in different ways

 

To deal with the ongoing protests against the hijab in Iran, the government there is adopting different methods. Somewhere the eyes of the protesters are being targeted and somewhere ambulances are being used to detain them. According to a New York Times report, more than 500 people have lost their eyesight so far in the demonstrations that have been going on for the last two months. Similar unique cases have come to light in Iran's demonstrations that have been going on for more than two months.

 

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