An Iranian woman who lost her eye after she was shot by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests in 2022 is slamming former Vice President Kamala Harris overher response to the bombings in Iran.
Mersedeh Shahinkar, a mother and activist living in California, still carries the scars of the Islamic Republic’s crackdown on anti-government demonstrations.
Speaking with the California Post, Shahinkar weighed in onfellow activist Masih Alinejad’s recent Fox News interview, where Alinejad blasted Harris for criticizing President Donald Trump over the deadly US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
“I am tired of seeing some politicians here in America, especially Democrats, making this about their own politics, scoring political points like Kamala Harris,” Alinejad lashed out.
Last weekend, Harris issued a statement describing the attack as “a war the American people do not want” afterIran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khameneiwas killed in his fortified compound along with 40 top security and regime officials.
“Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice,” Harris wrote.
Shahinkar said many Iranians feel Western politicians have repeatedly failed to support the country’s pro-democracy movement.
“For many years, we tried peaceful and democratic ways to demand change, or at least reform,” Shahinkar said.
She added those were the same methods Western politicians often urge activists to pursue.
“The same methods that some members of the Democratic Party and leftists are now teaching us,” she continued.
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