The sister of the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran condemned the “despotic” regime and expressed support for the protest movement launched three months ago due to the death of young Mahsa Amini, La Libre Belgique newspaper, quoted by Rador, writes.

“I oppose the actions of my brother” Ali Khamenei, Badri Hosseini Khamenei wrote in a letter posted online by her son Mahmoud Moradhani, who lives in France.

“I express my condolences to the mothers who mourn the crimes committed by the regime of the Islamic Republic from the time of (its founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah) Khomeini to the current period of the despotic caliphate of Ali Khamenei,” Ms. Hosseini Khamenei continued. , who appears to be in Iran.

Iran has been the scene of protests since the September 16 death of Masha Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who was arrested three days earlier on charges of violating a dress code requiring women to wear the veil in public.

Portraits of the Supreme Leader were burned, women in small caps marched through the streets, and demonstrators defied security forces.

According to the Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR), at least 448 people have died in the crackdown on the movement.

Authorities arrested thousands of people, 11 of whom were sentenced to death in trials related to the demonstrations.

Citing health problems that prevent her from participating in protests, Badri Hosseini Khamenei criticized her brother for “not listening to the voice of the people.”

She also called on the powerful corps of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, to “join the people before it is too late.”