{"id":332255,"date":"2025-05-30T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332255"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T12:54:42","slug":"iranian-regime-hypocrisy-exposed-as-deputy-speakers-son-hits-police-officer-walks-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iranian-regime-hypocrisy-exposed-as-deputy-speakers-son-hits-police-officer-walks-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Regime Hypocrisy Exposed as Deputy Speaker\u2019s Son Hits Police Officer, Walks Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-332256 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Tehran, May 25, 2025 \u2014 Scene near Vanak Square where Mohammad-Hassan Nikzad, son of the Iranian regime\u2019s Deputy Parliament Speaker, illegally entered a restricted lane and struck a traffic police officer\" width=\"1000\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025-742x420.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/iran-tehran-vanak-square-crime-scene-may-2025-696x394.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"121\"><br data-start=\"95\" data-end=\"98\" \/><em data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"121\"><strong data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"120\">Three-minute read<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"385\">A recent car accident involving the son of the Iranian regime\u2019s Deputy Parliament Speaker, Ali Nikzad, has ignited public outrage\u2014not because of genuine concern from officials, but because it laid bare the entrenched hypocrisy and internal power struggles of the ruling elite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"923\">On May 25, Mohammad-Hassan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/1064335\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikzad drove<\/a> his private vehicle the wrong way down a one-way street near Vanak Square in Tehran and struck Colonel Khisheh, a senior officer in the traffic police. While regime media attempted damage control, claiming the collision was &#8220;unintentional&#8221; and that legal steps were taken, initial reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bultannews.com\/fa\/news\/868931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from <em data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"736\">Bulletin News<\/em> <\/a>tell a different story: the officer was seriously injured and the driver fled the scene, only to be swiftly released\u2014allegedly after intervention from his powerful father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1434\">Colonel Khisheh, who later <a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/870240\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave an interview<\/a> to the state Police News Agency, appeared eager to downplay the event: \u201cI\u2019m at work, safe and sound&#8230; the legal department of FARAJA [State Security Forces] is handling the matter.\u201d He added that both Nikzad and his family had visited the hospital to apologize and \u201cemphasize legal procedures.\u201d But these remarks do little to obscure what has become a routine pattern in the clerical dictatorship: harsh justice for ordinary citizens, impunity for the regime\u2019s inner circle.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">Inside Tehran\u2019s Awqaf Organization: Corruption and Nepotism Unveiled<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeIran2023?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeIran2023<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t2vZeG3OnD\">https:\/\/t.co\/t2vZeG3OnD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1674677479443668992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1853\">According to eyewitness accounts cited by <em data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1493\">Bulletin News<\/em>, the vehicle was moving illegally in a dedicated bus lane, and the driver\u2014Nikzad\u2019s son\u2014fled the scene after hitting the officer. No public statement has been made by Parliament, Ali Nikzad, or judiciary officials. In fact, Nikzad was re-elected as Deputy Speaker with 111 votes just one day after the incident\u2014without uttering a single word of accountability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1855\" data-end=\"2304\">While a few regime insiders such as political commentator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baharnews.ir\/news\/532216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mohammad Mohajeri criticized<\/a> Nikzad for failing to publicly apologize, this intramural scolding does not reflect genuine outrage\u2014it reflects factional rivalries among a corrupt and criminal ruling class, each jostling for influence, not justice. These so-called \u201ccritics\u201d stayed silent or complicit during previous abuses and are now opportunistically exploiting the scandal for factional gain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2306\" data-end=\"2639\">This is not the first time an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1601396\/%7B%7B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aghazadeh<\/a>&#8220;\u2014the privileged child of a regime official\u2014has violated the law without consequence. The memory of Ali-Asghar Anabestani, a former MP who assaulted a police officer during a traffic dispute, remains fresh. In both cases, the regime showed that rules are for the people\u2014not for those in power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News in Brief<br \/>In another case of nepotism, the son of Ansieh Khazali, Raisi&#39;s deputy for women&#39;s affairs,  has been exposed for selling VPNs to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranians<\/a> and immensely profiting. This has caused a lot of stir in the regime. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VvXxFBKiS\">https:\/\/t.co\/3VvXxFBKiS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnZCIOzsoc\">pic.twitter.com\/HnZCIOzsoc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1570041090866315264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2641\" data-end=\"2948\">The contrast is stark. While regular Iranians are jailed, fined, or even beaten for the smallest infractions\u2014crossing the street during a protest, not observing mandatory hijab, or criticizing officials online\u2014the children of regime elites can break the law, harm public servants, and return home untouched.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2950\" data-end=\"3243\">No genuine accountability has followed. No independent investigation. No trial. And certainly no apology. What the regime calls \u201crespect for legal procedure\u201d is in fact a thin veil for the impunity that defines Tehran\u2019s dual system of law\u2014one for the ruling class, and another for everyone else.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3245\" data-end=\"3444\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">What this latest incident proves is not just the lawlessness of a single individual\u2014but the systemic rot of a regime that protects its own at all costs while punishing the people it claims to govern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read A recent car accident involving the son of the Iranian regime&rsquo;s Deputy Parliament Speaker, Ali Nikzad, has ignited public outrage&mdash;not because of genuine concern from officials, but because [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":332256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[270],"class_list":{"0":"post-332255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"tag-corruption"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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