Iranian Dissident Torpedoes Hochul After Governor Trades Barbs With Trump Over Hijab

An Iranian dissident unleashed a blistering broadside at New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday, blasting the Democratic leader for “cosplaying” in a hijab to pander for votes while women in her homeland are tortured and killed over the exact same headscarf.

The fiery backlash erupted after Hochul donned religious headwear during a Friday visit to a mosque, which drew fire from President Donald Trump.

“Kathy Hochul, considered the Worst Governor in the Country, in a recent picture working hard to get the Arab Vote, even though they can’t stand her!” Trump wrote. “Congestion Pricing in Manhattan is hurting her with everybody, but especially the people for whom she wears the hijab. The whole thing is CRAZY!”

Hochul clapped back on X, trying to claim the high road.

“I was a guest in a Muslim house of worship and showed respect for the people who welcomed me,” the governor wrote. “I’ll never apologize for treating people of any faith with dignity, no matter how Islamophobic you and your enablers are.”

I was a guest in a Muslim house of worship and showed respect for the people who welcomed me.

That used to be standard in this country before you came along.

I’ll never apologize for treating people of any faith with dignity, no matter how Islamophobic you and your enablers… https://t.co/WMMBfnPVj4

— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) September 2, 2026

That’s when a former Iranian refugee who escaped Tehran’s brutal theocracy in 2019 stepped in to torpedo the governor’s self-righteous posturing.

“Miss Governor, Women in Iran and across Muslim communities get beaten and murdered for refusing the hijab,” Sana Ebrahimi Ledene shot back on X. “I was kicked out of school, multiple times, for ‘improper hijab.’ That was my life.”

“So am I an Islamophobe for saying ‘f*ck you’ when you cosplay as a champion of women’s rights while wrapping yourself in the same symbol that was used to police, punish, and erase me and millions of women around the world just to court Muslim votes? No. I’m not,” she raged. “F*CK YOU.”

Miss Governor,

Women in Iran and across Muslim communities get beaten and murdered for refusing the hijab. I was kicked out of school, multiple times, for "improper hijab." That was my life.

So am I an Islamophobe for saying "fuck you" when you cosplay as a champion of women’s… https://t.co/YXog8OPqEO

— Sana Ebrahimi Ledene (@SanaELedene) September 2, 2026

The explosive response highlights the deadly reality Iranian women face every day under Tehran’s blood-soaked regime.

In June 2026, a court in Qom sentenced 28-year-old Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmadi to 74 lashes, a travel ban, and a ban on performing because she livestreamed a concert from a historic site without wearing a hijab. Eight of her crew members were also convicted for “offending public decency.”

Ahmadi’s brutal sentence came alongside a terrifying state-sponsored killing spree, with at least 22 political prisoners executed over a six-week span. Dissident Masih Alinejad ripped into the violence, declaring, “A woman’s voice scared them more than any superpower ever could. This is not a normal government. This is apartheid against women.”

The regime’s infamous violence burst onto the global stage in September 2022 following the murder of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in custody after being snatched by morality police for an “improper” hijab.

Her death sparked a full-blown revolution across Iran. Braving tear gas, batons, and live rounds from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, young women tore off their hijabs and burned them in the streets, chanting “Woman, life, freedom” as blood ran through university grounds.

Yet while courageous women in Iran risk their lives to tear the headscarf off, New York’s governor is happily wrapping herself in one to win over the Muslim political bloc.

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