New York
One look of Masih Alinejad is enough for him to measure his interlocutor. Smiling, benevolent, adorned with the comment of her husband, protector and confidant, Cambyses Furohar. “It’s okay, he doesn’t look dangerous.” Even in the lobby of a large Manhattan hotel, two precautions are better than one. Masih Alinejad, 46, is the worst nightmare of the Iranian regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He is the one passionately fanning the flames of the popular uprising that followed the September 16 death in prison of Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdish woman who had allowed a few shy locks of her veil to emerge. From night to night, the fire is now spreading in more than 80 cities of Iran.
A native of the small village of Ghomi Kola (north-east), Masih has been a rebel from a young age. He has always claimed the right to cast the veil, taking advantage of the slight relaxation of social laws under reformer Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005)…
Source: Le Figaro
