{"id":53476,"date":"2025-10-20T08:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iranian-official-sparks-renewed-criticism-as-video-of-daughters-controversial-wedding-resurfaces\/20\/10\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:49:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:49:40","slug":"iranian-official-sparks-renewed-criticism-as-video-of-daughters-controversial-wedding-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iranian-official-sparks-renewed-criticism-as-video-of-daughters-controversial-wedding-resurfaces\/20\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian official sparks renewed criticism as video of daughter&#8217;s controversial wedding resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The footage also triggered further backlash amid the government\u2019s recent announcement of a new \u201cModesty and Hijab Operations Room\u201d and the deployment of 80,000 morality police officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ali Shamkhani, a senior adviser to Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-870949\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/a>, accused Israel of leaking a video from his daughter&#8217;s controversial 2024 wedding, which recently resurfaced on Iranian social media and went viral.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHacking into people\u2019s privacy is Israel\u2019s new method of assassination,\u201d Shamkani said, as quoted by <em>Iran International.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <em>Iran International<\/em>, former regime minister Ezzatollah Zarghami defended Shamkani, stating that he had kept his head down and that the ceremony was &#8216;female-only.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSome women were veiled, and the rest were close relatives,\u201d Zarghami said.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">The wedding video<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video, which the BBC shared, showed Shamkhani accompanying his daughter wearing a revealing gown, women with loosely worn headscarves that do not cover their hair, while the groom and a woman, believed to be his mother, are dressed in Western-style clothing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block 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class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Iranian newspaper <em>Arman Melli, <\/em>which first reported on the event, questioned how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-870723\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:regime;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">regime<\/a> officials can ask the public to remain patient amid economic sanctions while hosting lavish celebrations, held at the Espinas Persian Gulf Hotel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf we are not to be accused of pessimism, allow us to ask how one can call on people to show patience under economic sanctions when Shamkhani\u2019s daughter\u2019s wedding is held in one of the country\u2019s most luxurious and expensive venues,\u201d <em>Arman Melli<\/em> wrote.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Who is Ali Shamkhani?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shamkhani served as secretary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-857119\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Supreme National Security Council;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Supreme National Security Council<\/a> from 2013 to 2023. The motive behind the renewed circulation of the video remains unclear, but social media users have sharply criticized the ceremony\u2019s \u201cWestern\u201d character and its departure from traditional Iranian wedding customs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The footage also triggered further backlash amid the government\u2019s recent announcement of a new \u201cModesty and Hijab Operations Room\u201d and the deployment of 80,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-814922\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:morality police officers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">morality police officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Critics condemned these enforcement initiatives, pointing to the contrast between such crackdowns and the lavish lifestyle of Iran\u2019s ruling elite.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/iranian-official-sparks-renewed-criticism-065838132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The footage also triggered further backlash amid the government&rsquo;s recent announcement of a new &ldquo;Modesty and Hijab Operations Room&rdquo; and the deployment<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/iranian-official-sparks-renewed-criticism-as-video-of-daughters-controversial-wedding-resurfaces\/20\/10\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/a4212b959823e343c4cc955718daca2a","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}