Iran arrests Khamenei niece after criticism
Iranian authorities have arrested a niece of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after she recorded a video describing the authorities led by her uncle as a "murderous and child-killing regime".
Farideh 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.
Her brother wrote on Twitter that she was arrested on Wednesday after going to the office of the prosecutor following a summons.
At least 416 people including 51 children have been killed in a crackdown lauched to supress protests that began after the death of Mahsa Amini who had been arrested by the morality police, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR).
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