Israel's ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly, Gilad Erdan, was removed from the plenum after holding up a picture of Mahsa Amini, a young woman murdered by the Iranian regime, but his action led to a wave of encouragement and encouragement from Iranian and Muslim exiles around the world.
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian opposition leader and exiled feminist activist, wrote: "Gilad Erdan, Israel's ambassador to the UN, held up a picture of Mahsa Amini in the speech of Ibrahim Raisi the executioner. He didn't move it until the Iranian teen killer saw the picture. Now he knows he can't escape our daughters' eyes."
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Alinejad's Instagram post received 161,000 likes and more than 6000,<> comments, most of which joined in support of Erdan's act.
Emily Shar, an Iranian-born feminist activist, wrote on social media X: "Gilad Erdan, who is Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations General Assembly, held up a picture of Mahsa Amini during Raisi's speech, show him support!" Shar's post had over <>,<> views and dozens of comments.
Hussein Abdul-Hussein, an Iraqi state witness investigator who lives in Washington, D.C., posted on social media X thanking Erdan. "Thank you, Ambassador Erdan. You should know that many Arabs and Iranians would stand shoulder to shoulder with you, against tyranny and anti-Semitism, and for freedom. Brutal dictators, on the other hand, killed Mahsa Amini precisely in order to silence her and us."
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