Iran’s Only Female Olympic Medalist Defects Amid Mass Protests Against the Regime
Iran’s one and only female Olympic medalist said she has defected over the Iranian government’s “corruption and lies.”
Kimia Alizadeh, 21, posted on Instagram on Saturday announcing that she had defected from Iran and permanently left the country for Europe. She slammed the Iranian regime for oppressing women and for largely dictating her own life.
“Let me start with a greeting, a farewell or condolences,” Alizadeh said, according to a CNN translation. “I am one of the millions of oppressed women in Iran who they have been playing with for years.”
She attacked the regime for controlling her life and using her as a tool to bring prestige to the regime.
“They took me wherever they wanted. I wore whatever they said. Every sentence they ordered me to say, I repeated. Whenever they saw fit, they exploited me,” she said, adding that Iranian leaders took credit for her accomplishments.
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