The Iranian authorities arrested the niece of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Farideh Moradkhani after she called on foreign governments to cut all ties with the Iranian government. CNN reported this on Sunday, citing her brother Mahmoud Moradkhani.
On Wednesday, Moradkhani wrote on his Twitter page that his sister was arrested when she came to the Iranian prosecutor's office under a court order. As CNN points out, in a video statement shared by her brother prior to her arrest, Moradkhani called on people around the world to urge their governments to cut ties with the Iranian regime amid protests sweeping the nation. "Oh, free people, be with us and tell your governments to stop supporting this murderous regime," CNN cites.
Farideh and Mahmoud Moradkhani are the children of Ali Tehrani, a cleric and longtime opposition figure who was married to the supreme leader’s sister Badri Hosseini Khamenei. According to CNN, Tehrani died last month.
Farideh Moradkhani has been arrested by the regime before.
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