Iran and the rich list influencers

[Lilith7]

A human rights advocate is slamming two Kiwi travel influencers after they became stuck in Iran despite being warned it was unsafe to travel to the country.

Human rights advocate Samira Taghavi told AM on Thursday the couple's actions were "absolutely reckless" and "self-entitled" in the current environment.

"There was a warning in terms of a travel ban to Iran since 2020 and there were clear warnings you should not come to Iran as a tourist and use drones," Taghavi told AM.

Taghavi said the couple's actions have resulted in the Government taking a softer stance on what is happening in Iran.

"They have put themselves at risk and in the past four months that stopped our Government here for a variety of reasons to condemn unequivocally what was happening in Iran whilst they were focussing on these two New Zealand Europeans," she said.

And the thing is that when they are safe and sound whats the betting they will ride this to the hilt and make as much money out of it as they can by playing the poor victims.

You're probably right, but I'm not so sure many people will have much sympathy for them, in view of both their stupidity & the number of people who've been killed protesting there, which our govt was thanks to their foolhardiness, unable to comment on.

I hope not too many will be daft enough to sympathise with these utter idiots.




https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63408505
"Despite some speculation in local media, New Zealand's government has insisted that it had not given Tehran anything to secure their release.

"There is no deal, there's nothing in return. Absolutely not ... I can absolutely guarantee you no deal has been done," deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson told reporters.

Westerners have frequently been detained by the Iranian regime, which seeks to use them as bargaining chips to secure concessions from governments which have sanctioned it.

As a result, most Western countries - including New Zealand - advise against travelling to Iran.

Some in New Zealand's media have questioned why the couple ignored that advice. Mike Yardley, a columnist with the Newshub media outlet, questioned why "so-called travel influencers were oblivious to that status - or spurned the official advice and threw caution to the wind".

"Either way, self-responsibility was sadly lacking," he added."