Iran protests are 'beginning of the end' for regime, exiled activist Alinejad says

Alinejad urged Western countries and activists to grant their full support to the protest movement, instead of negotiating with Tehran. The exiled activist also urged the West to recall its ambassadors to Iran and cut off diplomatic and business ties.

She said that the mandatory headscarf was "the main pillar" of the Islamic Republic of Iran and that rejecting it was the Iranian equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Alinejad rejected criticism that she and other women's rights activists in Iran were propagating Islamophobia.

The exiled activist said she was "receiving death threats every day" and living under the protection of the FBI but added that she was not scared of dying. She expressed confidence that this protest movement was different from previous ones, concluding that "this is the beginning of the end" of the Islamic Republic.

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