NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard hailed Mr. Dawson’s intelligence and humour in a social media post, saying that he died “far too young.”
Mr. Dawson has participated in a number of high-profile cases during his career. Most recently, he served as Nine Entertainment’s main attorney in a defamation lawsuit against Ben Roberts-Smith.
He also served as a director of the Katrina Dawson Foundation, which was established in memory of his late sister and promotes female education.
“Oh, free people, be with us and tell your governments to stop supporting this murderous and child-killing regime. This regime is not loyal to any of its religious principles and does not know any laws or rules except force and maintaining its power in any possible way,” she said.
“Now in this critical moment in history, all of humanity is observing that Iranian people, with empty hands, with exemplary courage and bravery are fighting with the evil forces,” she said. “At this point in time, the people of Iran are carrying the burden of this heavy responsibility alone by paying with their lives.”
Farideh Moradkhani declared that the governments that support the Iranian regime are at war with the Iranian people and urged democratic nations to recall their ambassadors from Iran and expel Iranian diplomats from their own nations.
The world was simply watching as this dictatorship massacred thousands of Iranians over the course of four days in November 2019, she continued, thus there was an urgent need to stop supporting it.
Farideh and Mahmoud Moradkhani are the offspring of Ali Tehrani, a cleric and veteran opposition member who was married to the supreme leader’s sister Badri Hosseini Khamenei. Irani passed away last month.
Farideh Moradkhani had already been detained by the authorities. On January 13, when she was returning home, she was detained. Human rights organisations claim that after Moradkhani’s arrest, Iranian authorities reportedly inspected her home and took some of her possessions.
Iran’s ongoing protest movement was initially sparked by the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police in September.
The unprecedented national uprising has taken hold of more than 150 cities and 140 universities in all 31 provinces of Iran, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Chief Volker Turk.
