ALBAWABA - The name of Farideh Moradkhani is trending all over the social media. It must by now ring a bell to many!
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— Yashar Ali ? یاشار (@yashar) November 27, 2022
Farideh Moradkhani, the niece of Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader, calls on international community to support Iranians.
She compares her uncle to Hitler and Mussolini.
She says Iranians will overthrow the Islamic Republic.
Her uncle has had her arrested in the past. pic.twitter.com/htjyBsnMc7
Moradkhani is the niece of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Basically, she was arrested for her open support of the protests going on in Iran and been so since last September.
The Islamic Republic in Iran is so ruthless that even certain family members of rulers are denouncing the regime.#FaridehMoradkhani, niece of Khamenei, compares Khamenei to Hitler and Moussolini and fully supports #IranRevoIution by saying “woman, life, freedom”.#MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/emuNA5hFRm
— Masih Alinejad ?️ (@AlinejadMasih) November 27, 2022
Her name and the action the Iranian authorities have taken against her, are trending both in news websites and the social media with information and images with top bloggers mentioning her name with different hashtags and images ( #FaridehMoradkhani, #IranRevoIution, #MahsaAmini) in Persian, Arabic and English.
Moradkhani comes from a branch of the family that has a record of opposition to Iran's clerical leadership and has herself been jailed previously in the country according to AFP.
Farideh Moradkhani, a family member of Khamenei, openly declares her support for protesters and pleads with the international community to support them. This is the type of cracks we’re likely to see within the regime as protests endure. pic.twitter.com/gWZtcZ1xiT
— Vahid ?? (@vahid_y1) November 26, 2022
Her brother Mahmoud Moradkhani wrote on Twitter that she was arrested on Wednesday after going to the office of the prosecutor following a summons.
بعد اعلان فريدة مرادخاني ، ابنة أخت خامنئي انضمامها الى ثوار ايران اعتقد سيكون هناك توابع انضمام إلى الثوار من قيادات فى الحرس الثورى ورجال الظل فى نظام الملالى ??
— hassan abdo (@soldier7799) November 28, 2022
Then on Saturday her brother posted a video on YouTube, with the link shared on Twitter, where she condemned the "clear and obvious oppression" Iranians have been subjected to, and criticised the international community's inaction, the French news agency added.
"Free people, be with us! Tell your governments to stop supporting this murderous and childkilling regime," she said. "This regime is not loyal to any of its religious principles and does not know any law or rule except force and maintaining its power in any way possible," according to AFP.
Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) stated she was released on bail in April and her arrest last Wednesday was to begin serving an existing 15-year sentence while UNHCR figures suggest that around 14,000 people were arrested over the protests that began after the death of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by the morality police last September.
The Iranian Human Rights Organization whose headquarters is in the city of Oslo, Norway, has said in its latest announcement that the number of victims of the recent street protests in Iran has reached "at least 154 people" including "9 children" among the dead.#IranProtest2022 pic.twitter.com/3LIBVF2ylv
— Sanaullah Nawabi (@sanaullahnawab3) October 4, 2022
The Iran Human Rights organization in Norway states at least 416 have been killed since the troubles started including 51 children.
