Iran’s elites escape regime’s brutal rules — with traitorous hypocrisy
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“The only thing worse than a liar is a liar who is also a hypocrite,” wrote American playwright Tennessee Williams.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Tennessee Williams authored the specific quote.
“two Iranian women, 47-year-old Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter Sarina Sadat Hosseiny, 25, had been arrested by US immigration officials in Los Angeles.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the arrest of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and Sarina Sadat Hosseiny by US immigration officials.
“the niece and grand-niece of the notorious Major Qassem Soleimani, slain head of the Quds Force, had been living luxe lives in Los Angeles.”
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Wikipedia's 'History of Iran' entry does not confirm familial relationships between Hamideh Soleimani Afshar/Sarina Sadat Hosseiny and Qassem Soleimani. No other evidence found.
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— The history of Iran (also known as Persia) is intertwined with Greater Iran, which is a region encompassing all of the areas that have witnessed significant settlement or influence by the Iranian peop…
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“While the Islamic Republic is killing its women for the 'sin' of showing a strand of hair, Afshar and Hosseiny have used their social-media accounts, stocked with lavishly staged photos of themselves in barely-there outfits, to heap praise on Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the regime’s terror activities.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm social media activities praising Supreme Leader Khamenei or regime terror activities.
“Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he revoked their permanent-resident status.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Secretary of State Marco Rubio's involvement in revoking their residency.
“Just this past October, the regime had to manage another uproar when videos surfaced of a bride in plunging gown and flowing hair being escorted by her father through throngs of unveiled guests in a luxury hotel in Tehran.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the October incident involving the bride in Tehran.
“the bride was the daughter of Ali Shamkhani, senior advisor to the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei — a man who had a key role in crushing the Woman, Life, Freedom movement and who amassed a fortune smuggling sanctioned goods into Iran.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the bride's relationship to Ali Shamkhani.
“Iranians have sought revenge by providing expatriate activists like Masih Alinejad with information on regime supporters who live and work in the United States but pledge allegiance to the Islamic regime.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Masih Alinejad receiving information from Iranians about regime supporters.
“Shiva Amini, a former soccer player who left Iran’s women’s team in 2017 to seek political asylum in the United States, agrees.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Shiva Amini's departure from Iran's women's soccer team in 2017 for asylum.
“One of Khomeini’s first decrees, a mere four weeks after his return to Iran from exile in 1979, mandated the Islamic hijab for all women in public spaces.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 decree mandating the Islamic hijab.
“When hundreds of thousands of women took to the streets to protest that and other edicts, Khomeini called them 'naked prostitutes' and threatened their arrest for spreading 'corruption on Earth.'”
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“Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: 'Death to America, death to Israel, and the hijab . . . [It] has become the Islamic Republic’s national flag.'”
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“Iranians are still reeling from the massacres in January, when up to 40,000 protesters were detained or killed by the regime security personnel.”
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