 Ali Khamenei's sister slams brother's brutality. Sister of Iran's ruler Ali Khamenei has condemned the authoritarian rule of her brother, saying she hopes to see the overthrow of tyranny in Iran soon. In an open letter published in Farsi and English on her son's Twitter account, Badri Khamenei said the regime of Rahula Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, and Ali Khamenei, his successor, has brought nothing but suffering and oppression to Iranians. She went on to say that the people of Iran deserve freedom and prosperity, and their uprising is legitimate. My brother does not listen to people's voice and wrongly considers the voice of his mercenaries. He rightly deserves the disrespect and impugned in words he uses to describe the oppressed. Khamenei's only sister told the public, as my human duty, many times I brought the voice of the people to the ears of my brother, Ali Khamenei. But after I saw that he did not listen, I cut off my relationship with him. She further sympathized with the people, saying, I oppose my brother's actions and I express my sympathy with all mothers mourning the crimes of the regime, from the time of Khomeini to the current era of the despotic caliphate of Ali Khamenei. Badri Khamenei's husband was a fierce critic of the regime, and her daughter was recently arrested for voicing her own criticism.