Iranians living abroad can have their property confiscated and face other legal penalties if they express support forUnited States AND IsraelIran’s attorney general’s office said on Monday.
Some members of the Iranian diaspora who want political change in Tehran took to the streets of European and American cities to celebrate the assassination of the supreme leader. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the American-Israeli war against Iran. Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei as his father’s successor.
“A warning has been issued to those Iranians living abroad who in various ways sympathize with, support or collaborate with the US-Zionist enemy (Israel),” the attorney general’s office was quoted as saying by state media.
“They will face confiscation of all their properties and other legal penalties in accordance with the law.”
Newly created Telegram channels have shared details of prominent Iranians living abroad who have posted comments critical of Iran’s clerical authorities and in support of the US-Israeli military campaign that began on February 28.
Up to 5 million Iranians live abroad, most of them in the United States and the West Europeaccording to Iranian government data. Iranian media estimates their number closer to 10 million.
