Masih Alinejad: Western Countries Must Sharpen Response to Iranian Repression

Iranian opposition figure Masih Alinejad panned the White House’s response to the widespread poisoning of schoolgirls across Iran, saying last week that Washington’s request for Tehran to investigate “means that you’re asking criminals to investigate their own crimes.”

Alinejad, a prominent women’s rights campaigner, made the comments last week to an audience on the sidelines of an annual U.N. women’s rights summit, which included U.S. and European diplomats. Her comments reflect her no-holds-barred campaign to get Western countries aligned with stronger efforts to counter the Iranian regime in the wake of the widespread protests that erupted starting last year. No small part of this effort has involved calling out the White House.

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Jimmy Quinn

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Iranian opposition figure Masih Alinejad panned the White House’s response to the widespread poisoning of schoolgirls across Iran, saying last week that Washington’s request for Tehran to investigate “means that you’re asking criminals to investigate their own crimes.”

Alinejad, a prominent women’s rights campaigner, made the comments last week to an audience on the sidelines of an annual U.N. women’s rights summit, which included U.S. and European diplomats. Her comments reflect her no-holds-barred campaign to get Western countries aligned with stronger efforts to counter the Iranian regime in the wake of the widespread protests that erupted starting last year. No small part of this effort has involved calling out the White House.