Masih Alinejad
- Role
- Activist and journalist, interviewed by AP
- Statement date
"finally taking a decisive action"
Source and context
Interview
About this source
AP original reporting and direct interviews, updated May 19 at 1:40 p.m. EDT. NewsNation republication is existing source 364; these are the same report, not independent corroboration. This record restores original-source provenance and distinct interview locators. Statements remain attributed; the exact interview times are unknown.
Before the quotation
AP quoted Alinejad after describing efforts to remove relatives of Iranian officials.
After the quotation
Her express thanks is a distinct later interview response, not a replacement for her April 11 conditional X reply. It does not establish her position on every aspect of detention conditions. The source publication date is used because the exact interview or utterance date is not separately verified.
How this statement is classified
The speaker expressly approves the action or advocates the removal policy discussed in the case; scope limitations are preserved in the context.
- Recorded on
- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi
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