Niece of Iran’s supreme leader calls on other countries to cut ties with regime

Rights activist Farideh Moradkhani releases video describing government as murderous and child-killing' after her arrest

A niece of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called on foreign governments to cut all links with Tehran's murderous and child-killing" regime in a video posted online two days after she was arrested.

The video of a statement by Farideh Moradkhani, a well-known rights activist, has been circulating online after it was shared by her France-based brother Mahmoud Moradkhani on Friday. Mahmoud Moradkhani said his sister had been arrested on Wednesday after going to a prosecutor's office following a summons.