Farideh Moradkhani, a well-known rights activist, made the comments in a video posted online two days after she was arrested.
The niece of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran's"murderous and child-killing regime".
The authorities in Iran have cracked down violently on protests that sprang up across the country over the death of
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