Posted on 04/18/2024 8:56:24 PM PDT by Cronos
An Iranian athlete who posted criticism online of Iran’s April 14 attack on Israel has reportedly been arrested, and her whereabouts have been unknown since Wednesday, according to media reports.
Iranian national volleyball team player Mobina Rostami posted on her Instagram account: “As an Iranian, I am truly ashamed of the authorities’ attack on Israel, but you need to know that the people in Iran love Israel and hate the Islamic Republic.”
She was reportedly arrested shortly afterwards.
One of the comments on her post came from an account associated with Iranian security forces, stating: “We will shove you in a bag.”
“Only God knows what fate awaits her,” her friends posted on social media.
A wave of support for Israel from Iranian athletes has swept through social media since the Islamic Republic’s unprecedented drone and missile strike on the Jewish state overnight Saturday. Past and current soccer players, the judo national team coach and many others have condemned the brutality of Tehran’s authorities and sought to distance themselves from the regime.
“We are Iran. We are not the Islamic Republic,” is the recurring slogan.
Wow, that took guts.
Men can’t be women........
She has more balls than Benedict Johnson.
Amazing bravery. I hope she survives.
Also illegal in Michigan and Minnesota: coming soon to other states.
More power to him.
Hope things turn out in his favor in time.
i’d guess that the only way she lives is if the press constantly demands prouf that she is alive.
Ohv the courage she displayed is almost unimaginable.
I felt guilty two seconds after posting making light of her actions.
Or dies quickly.
One can go out in a blaze of glory if properly prepared. I’m sure she wasn’t, sadly.
Probably already dead.
Sounds like what’s happening here to Trump and conservatives.
Yes, very dangerous
Israel... If you love democracy and live in the middle east or Persia, there is no other choice... It’s the only democracy in the neighborhood. The rest of those nations are ruled by despots, religious zealots and madmen.
Or any Republican politician.
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