SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – Masih Alinejad, a leading figure in the fight for women’s rights in Iran, has just escaped an assassination plot orchestrated by the regime in Tehran. In an interview, she discusses her strategy towards Donald Trump and the possibility of war with Iran.
By Philip Volkmann-Schluck (Die Welt)
The wallpaper of his cell phone displays the slogan “Hard to kill”. Activist Masih Alinejad, often recognized by the flower attached to her hair, is one of the best-known figures in the fight for human rights. women’s rights in Iran. Only a few days ago, the American authorities revealed a new assassination plot against her, fomented by the Teheran regime. Alinejad now lives under police protection in New York. It was in a Berlin hotel that Die Welt met her for an exclusive interview.
DIE WELT. – Donald Trump has just won the US election. Is this good or bad news for the Iranians? ?
Masih ALINEJAD. – It’s a question Westerners are asking themselves. Whether it’s Trump, Biden or Obama, presidents come and go in power. But back home, in Iran, there is no democracy. Millions of Iranians live under oppression…
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